

“Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.”
― Maxims
― Maxims

“The love I've known is the love of
two people staring
not at each other, but in the same direction.”
― In the Western Night: Collected Poems, 1965-1990
two people staring
not at each other, but in the same direction.”
― In the Western Night: Collected Poems, 1965-1990

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
― A Hat Full of Sky
― A Hat Full of Sky
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