The wilderness belongs at the edge of my body, at the edge of my consciousness, and extends to the edge of the universe, and it is filled with menace.

Without that slab of outlaw time punctuating every pillow

The Spanish word muchedumbre, which means something like crowd or throng or undulating mass of bodies.

Most of us are perennially short of time, and now we’re left hanging in it

I started fermenting food to wait for something getting better in 14 days

In 1996, when she was named a ''Living Treasure'' of Santa Fe, Ms. Chabot was asked about her wide experiences. ''You just live your life,'' she said, ''you don't try to do anything.''

Speaking gives words power, writing gives words permanence - Allison

It’s the sensation of feeling so much joy at once that you almost feel lonely.

From the Latin verb complicare, it means “to fold together.” No, we don’t think of that root when we call someone complicated, but it’s what we mean: that they’re compound, several things folded into one, difficult to unravel, pull apart, understand.

It was as though the kaleidoscope of experience had been shaken and when the pieces settled into place an entirely new design had been formed.