How is a woman to tell the story of her life and not stumble upon men?

I realize that I only have words and that, from time to time, as I hold them in my arms I am less lonely.

To have a son in wartime is the worst curse that can befall a mother, no matter what anyone says.

I wish my whispers are heard and requited as a storm... Because, the storm is that keeps me alive!

How can you possibly do everything you want to do in life if you start doing a bunch of things twice?

Come on in. The water’s fine.

Don't worry about what you do not understand... Worry about what you do understand in the Bible, but do not live by.

The mirror can lie. Doesn't show you what's inside. And it, it can tell you you're full of life. It's amazing what you can hide just by putting on a smile.

You look at 1968 and it was truly the year that shook the world. The world was really completely upside down.

However gemlike mathematical truths may be, research is but a human endeavor.

I write with a fountain pen. And then revise word by word and line by line so that the first draft of a scene is usually the tenth or so draft.

We are more conscious that a person is in the wrong when the wrong concerns ourselves.

People never leave a sinking ship until they see the lights of another ship approaching.