“Rip yourself open. Sew yourself shut.”

“Kids think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult, I've decided, is only a slow sewing shut.”

“Writing is a lonely way of life. You shut yourself up in your study and work and work.”

“Let yourself be gutted. Let it open you. Start here.”

“Some memories remain close; you can shut your eyes and find yourself back in them. But there are second-person memories, too, distant you memories, and these are trickier: you watch yourself in disbelief.”

“Here's to opening and upward…
and to yourself and up with you and up with and up with laughing.”

“Intensity is the desire to receive. Open yourself to light and you will become light.”

“When within yourself you find the road, the right road will open.”

“To take that risk, to offer life and remain alive, open yourself like this and become whole.”

“Open your eyes wide and immerse yourself in your dreams without any hesitation!”