Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
~ Anais Nin
Pistol and Stamen
Something is always born of excess: great art was born of great terror, great loneliness, great inhibitions, great instabilities, and it always balances them.
~ Anais Nin
Okra
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
~ Anais Nin
Trillium
My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.
