“Up up up up up uppoints the spire of the steeplebut god's work isn't done by godit's done by people”

“and half of learning to play is learning what not to playand she's learning the spaces she leaves have their own things to sayand she's trying to sing just enough so that the air around her movesand make music like mercy that gives what it is and has nothing to proveshe crawls out on a limb and begins to build her homeand it's enough just to look around and to know that she's not aloneup up up up up up up points the spire of the steeplebut god's work isn't done by godit's done by people”

“No, but I am working up to telling you that there is no possibility of there being done what ought to be done-”

“Breaking up isn't something that gets done to you; its something that happens with you.”

“Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.”

“War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up failures perpetrated by adults.”