Will Harrison
Will Harrison
dog forget seven
It is easy to forget that in the main we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs.
sea fishing rivers
It is utterly soothing to fly fish for trout. All other considerations or worries drift away and you couldn't keep them close if you wanted. Perhaps it's standing thigh deep in a river with the water passing at the exact but varying speed of life. You easily recognize this mortality and it dissipates into the landscape.
jobs husband fighting
The wife picked out ceramic tile for floor covering, not realizing that cost was determined by square foot, not square yard like carpet. Thinking the price was plenty reasonable, she had an extra room of tile ordered for installation. When the bill arrived, it was staggering. She and her husband began a fight that continued all through the construction job. They ended up divorced, but not until she had broken every window.
language intoxication
Being a writer requires an intoxication with language.
facts gender significant
I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.
said
What cannot be said, will get wept.
writing i-can
I can write anywhere.
couple book thinking
I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that.
fire house forgiving
Wherever we go we do harm, forgiving ourselves as wheels do cement for wearing each other out. We set this house on fire, forgetting that we live within. (from "To a Meadowlark," for M.L. Smoker)
answers stories pieces
The answer is always in the entire story, not a piece of it.
lunch answers sometimes
Sometimes the only answer to death is lunch.
quitting reason moderates
The reason to moderate is to avoid having to quit.
advice soul trying
My advice is, do not try to inhabit another's soul. You have your own.
moving
You touch things lightly or deeply; you move along because life herself moves, and you can’t stop it.