“My dad always said that water makes the dead feel safe. Nothing draws them more. Or hides thembetter.”

“My mom and dad died, but in their place I got a house of fog that’s easy to hide my feelings in. (No smoking, please.)
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“Drawing things makes them seem more real and makes me feel more alive. It also makes me pin down and remember things - landscapes, season, weather, occasions, incidents, people - that would otherwise have melted from my memory.”

“And like my dad always said, the first step is always the hardest.”

“My daily activities are not unusual—I am just naturally in harmony with them,Grasping nothing, discarding nothing,And everyplace there’s no hindrance, no conflict.My supernatural power and marvelous activityIs drawing water and carrying firewood.”

“And as Dad said to me, 'You can't always stop people from being mean. But you can stop them from making you mean.”