Caught between life and death, I clung to life.

When Tito was born, I was writing my fifth novel. That was how I saw my future: living in Venice and jumping from novel to novel. Tito's birth changed all that.

Why not?" Ask God to bless you. He has enough blessings for every one.

So I went back in time and told her how I liked the smell of soil after the rain. It has a special place in my heart. It reminds me of my childhood days. Days spent in happiness and tranquility.

Life's too short to build something nobody wants.

I love being my husband's wife.

Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.

It is almost an intellectual tradition to pay heed to the insane. In my case those that I most respect are the morons.

God has given the salt lick to the deer; and He has given to man, red-skin and white, the delicious spring at which to slake his thirst.

As your perspective of the world increases not only is the pain it inflicts on you less but also its meaning. Understanding the world requires you to take a certain distance from it.

Hi,' I said, and I hugged her. I missed her more now that I actually had her in my arms than when I hadn't.

I wish no living thing to suffer pain.