I have a theory that kitchens, once they reach a certain level of complexity, attract new gadgets into their orbit, like planets. Only this can account for the fact that I own two melon ballers.

If I ever saw my muse she would be an old woman with a tight bun and spectacles poking me in the middle of the back and growling, "Wake up and write the book!

I'm concealing a lot of things. That's what a lady does.

First, a bath. I'm feeling soiled. Too much contact with cold reality, I think.

This was cheering. The real world was still there, it still contained puppies being puppies and cats being cats.

Success is not a game of luck

I like these games we play, the ones that involve our heads and our hearts ~ Page 212

I've been sleeping with the night light unpluggedWith a note on the rocking chairIt says I'm dreaming of the life I once lovedSo wake me if you're out there

Words are such small things, like confetti in the brain, and yet they are color and clarify everything, they can stain the mind or warp the feelings.

It makes me sad to hear girls constantly putting themselves down. We have these unbelievably high expectations of ourselves, when actually we're human beings and our bodies have a function.

The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality.

Every thought, word, or deed, either purifies or pollutes the body.

My view of Christianity is that the hallmark of being a Christian is to reach out to people who have been left behind. So I think there was a religious aspect to my decision to support civil unions.

I can't tell you how much I respect all the single parents out there doing it all solo.

You have to specialize the product.