Don't ever admit you know a thing about cooking or it'll be used against you.

It's life. You don't figure it out. You just climb up on the beast and ride.

Maybe people are more like the earth than we know. Maybe they have fault lines that sooner or later are going to split open under pressure.

Good enough is good enough. Perfect will make you a big fat mess every time.

Life is short but it is wide. This too shall pass.

I believe that illness has led me to a life of gratitude, so I consider Lyme disease at this point in my life to be a blessing in disguise.

How wide and sweet and wild motherhood and sisterhood can be.

I value humor, kindness, and the ability to tell a good story far more than money, status, or the kind of car someone drives.

I want to lay up like that, to float unstructured, without ambition or anxiety. I want to inhabit my life like a porch.

I never claimed to be a low-maintenance gal, but when I'm writing, it's particularly challenging. I lose things constantly: my watch, my glasses, my papers, my mind.

A scent that disturbs me and delights me. It smells like ripe pears, vetiver, a bit of violet and something else- something spicy almost biting and exotic.

An informed world is not only for today, but a legacy to shape a better world and future for tomorrow.

A Rich Person Is One Who Does Not Want Any More Money

Be the flame, not the moth.

The truest and noblest gift for yourself is personal development.

Enjoy the vacation without going

Do you get a percentage for every soul you corrupt or is this just how you get your kicks?” I enquired.“Take it as a compliment. I only try to corrupt people I like.

I wish I had a hundred years, " she said, very quietly. "A hundred years I could give to you.

And the blood remembers what the heart has never learned. The approach to kill. ("The Moon Of Montezuma")

I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism. I think the journey of understanding any character is to see how they tick and how they differ from you.

I'm leaving the game of hockey with nothing but great memories...