“...when someone is honest and vulnerable, they wring my heart - I want to hug them for being real...”

“...I don't want security - to be self-assured - I want to risk my heart in making your portrait and be paid the wages of your devotion...”

“...you merely look at me and I want to confess, but don't - I've buried my heart under the floor boards, but you always dig it up...”

“...when I chose you, I didn't want the commonplace - I didn't want a 'partner' - I wanted a shrine...”

“...allowing yourself to be vulnerable makes you weak but also opens you to the nuances of beauty...”

“...The heart mourns people and places and returns to them in dreams...”

“...if you want your own distinctive voice, you first have to become someone...”