“Rage and grief are savage companions, but despair is the final undoing.”

“... I somehow got the idea that oak floors were located exclusively in New York City. This came chiefly from watching Woody Allen movies. I wanted to live someplace that looked like Mia Farrow's apartment in 'Hannah and Her Sisters' (little did I know that it was Mia Farrow's apartment). To me, this kind of space did not connote wealth. These were places where paint was peeling and the rugs were frayed, places where smart people sat around drinking gin and tonics, having interesting conversations, and living, according to my logic, in an authentic way.”

“I learned that you can't truly own anything, that true ownership comes only in the moment of giving.”

“Rage and grief are savage companions, but despair is the final undoing.”