Every woman who writes is a survivor.

That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.

Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

More than in any other human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly interruptible, responsive, and responsible

She would not exchange her solitude for anything. Never again to be forced to move to the rhythms of others.

Better immersion than to live untouched.

It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. Better immersion than to live untouched.

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

Not to have an audience is a kind of death.

It's hard for me to talk about the terrible things that have happened in my lifetime because they didn't need to be.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

You are what you believe

There is always a ..belief that by destroying the thing that we love we destroy our needs

I check Style.com to look at the collections and love to poke around some of the other fashion blogs to see what's going on.

And I meant to tell you: that was a one-in-a-thousand shot." She raised her hand. "Don't." "It was awesome," George confirmed. "It really was," Jack said. "His head exploded.

Difficult times don't come your way just so you can survive them; God uses these times in your life to form and refine you.

Under the rose, since here are none but friends, To own the truth we have some private ends.

Fashion breaks my heart.

A multivalent culture is an amazing place to be writing theatre.