For the first time in my life, my future was a blank page. It was perfect. And beyond scary.

It does not matter how strong you are. You are to be my wife, and I will not have the woman I love put herself at risk. Ever.

Someday, I'm going to have to break some of your rules, Mom.""I know, " she said. "Try to do it behind my back, will you?¨You can bet on that, Mom.¨We both sat there and laughed.

The silence broke:"Sometimes I liked it", I said "Sometimes I liked it that she was dead.""You mean it felt good?""No. I don't know. It felt ... pure.

In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.

Parents would rather have their son get all-state than his team win the state championship.

[A writer] should try not to be too far, personally, below the level of his work.

It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

Stories are the currency of human relationships.

I say to the Occupy protesters - you're occupying the wrong place, you're protesting the wrong thing.

If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir.