Ariel Lawhon

And She knows, because She warns him, and Her instincts never fail, That the Female of Her Species is more deadly than the Male.
—RUDYARD KIPLING, “THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES”

A woman is never more vulnerable than while in labor. Nor is she ever stronger.

Memory is a wicked thing that warps and twists. But paper and ink receive the truth without emotion, and they read it back without partiality.

This is what it means to age, I think. The days are long, but the years are short.

“Only a fool would be upset to find a vein of silver running through his beloved territory.”