I still believe in the Holy Trinity, except now it's Target, Trader Joe's, and IKEA.

I believe that I have such a vanilla life.

I'm the person who says every single thing she thinks, sometimes to others' amusement, and almost always to my detriment.

No matter how happy anyone is with their choices, I believe it's human nature to wonder about the path not taken.

As a reader, I notice political views regardless of whether or not the book is fiction. What annoys me is when said views do nothing to advance the narrative.

In real life, I tend to yell at people a lot. Not because I'm bossy or mean, but because I'm frustrated.

I don't mean to get all religious here, but I'm pretty sure key lime martinis (with a graham cracker & sugar rim) are proof that Jesus loves us.

Fortunately, all it takes for us to be of one mind is some buttercream frosting.

For the record? I have never been her baby. In fact, I reject the notion of coming out of her body. I prefer to believe I was hatched, or perhaps purchased.

Ambien might have mentally just tossed my salad. WITH CROUTONS.

Were I forced to describe this woman in one word, that word would be...herpes.

Oh, the best dancers know/what grace/every stumble/contains.

I am made of words. When you cut me, I bleed sentences. When you read me, I speak to your soul.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.

I could feel it in my bones, how I missed the heat of my country and the love of my family.

To transform experience and thought into language and narrative - that is beautiful even if that beauty is in brokenness.

When I was a young coach I used to say, "Treat everybody alike." That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.

Hang Mortmain," said Will. "And I mean that literally, of course, but also figuratively.

Style is engineering that gives you freedom.

You're my flame in the dark. We chase away the shadows around each other.

It’s not stress that kills people, but how they react to it.