"You look strong enough to break a calf over your knee, happy enough to eat it like a watermelon."
~John Steinbeck (thanks Anna)

"I want a million dollars!"
~me to The Universe

"No, you have a million dollars, thank you Universe."
~Elaine Reid, correcting my statement for me

"Oh, ok... I have a million dollars, thank you Universe. Please send me map."
~me

"I have this fear that I'll never overcome my fear."
~Elaine Reid, to me, while eating oatmeal

"I by no means am done discovering, but I have seen the outlines of my shore. It took me so long just to arrive at the knowledge that the destination I seek is in fact there -- but it's not some distant island I'm sloshing at sea to reach, it is in me. So close. So far. Slowly I add a new coordinate to my map. X moves around marking a different spot each day. Some days I am courageous enough and patient enough and strong enough to unearth the treasure, and some days I stay anchored in the boat, shivering in the cold of my own fog. I let myself have those days. I am learning to let myself have all the days, the glittering gold and ruby days, the gray and unfriendly days too. They are all my days. I am all my days. What matters is that I believe in my island, and it's not even about reaching it, it's about knowing it's there."
~me, hopeful romantics