As Mo had said: writing stories is a kind of magic, too.

The sea always filled her with longing, though for what she was never sure.

Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else.

It's a good idea to have your own books with you in a strange place

Down there the nights are bright and nobody believes in the Devil.

The night belongs to beasts of prey, and always has. It's easy to forget that when you're indoors, protected by light and solid walls.

It [the book] was spinning a magic spell around her heart, sticky as a spider's web and enchantingly beautiful..

Because fear kills everything, " Mo had once told her. "Your mind, your heart, your imagination.

I always used to read aloud to her in the evenings--

You're the one who says books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them...

All writers are insane!

Just because you're in a situation, doesn't mean you have to be that situation. You're not the situation you're in!

In every guilty man, there is an element of innocence. This is what makes any absolute condemnation revolting. We do not think enough about pain" Albert Camus

How can I love you if I don't know what hurts you?

Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

Think and wonder, wonder and think.

If I wasn't me, I'd want to be me.

Most women wish to feel that their spirit has been violated. Do they not, indeed, flatter themselves on never yielding save to force?

The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.

But some people act like they think I live in the jungle someplace.

Part of maintaining a thriving creative culture is giving people time and permission to play.