Two things put me in the spirit to give. One is that I have come to think of everyone with whom I come into contast as a patient in the emergency room. I see a lot of gaping wounds and dazed expressions. Or, as Marianne Moore put it, "The world's an orphan's home." And this feels more true than almost anything else I know. But so many of us can be soothed by writing: think of how many times you have opened a book, read one line, and said, "Yes!" And I want to give people that feeling, too, of connection, communication.

Afinal de contas h? coisas que, por mais que se tente usar uma voz agrad?vel e umas palavras d?ceis, s?o inalter?veis. A verdade ? o que ?! E h? verdades que n?o podem ser ado?adas.