I continued to protect him with my silence.

She felt everything too deeply, it was like the world was too much for her.

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too.

A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.

The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families.

The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.

At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.

To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.

My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?

The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.

Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.

Using my imagination and creativity is exciting to me.

Since Einstein developed his theory of relativity, and Rutherford and Bohr revolutionised physics, our picture of the world has radically changed.

I don't have a problem removing people from around me. They could be around for a long time, and I could get comfortable or used to them, and then I can just get rid of them.

A light exists in Spring Not present in the year at any other period When March is scarcely here.

Society rests upon conscience, not upon science.

National antipathy is the basest, because the most illiberal and illiterate of all prejudices.

Clear intentions and clear purpose begets clear results.

Clear communication between selves - the surface self and the deep self - is the enemy of self-doubt. It slays confusion.

I can certainly be my own worst critic and oftentimes forget to enjoy the here and now.

Thou art an elm, my husband, I a vine.