… real life hardly ever unfolds the way we’d like it to, not like in a story.

There's something about physical labour that helps to chase away any lingering internal demons.

If you're going to make the past your present, be prepared for a lifetime of dust ...

We need stories in order to understand ourselves, for good or bad, to be inspired or horrified, it's how we cope with being human and how we decide what type of person we will become.

Living on the water took away the boundaries created by land and custom and introversion. Without fences and driveways, the water provided a constant thread of connection and dependency.

Death is not something you get over. It’s the rip that exposes life in a before and after chasm, and all you can do is try to exist as best you can in the after.