It smelled of oily flowers, like the worn pillowcases of long-ago lovers.

How many lovers did a person need, anyway?

Michelle felt that if people didn’t like the way they looked in her book then they should have behaved differently.

Michelle had great admiration for criminals and crime, though only from a distance.

You can’t get lost if you have nowhere to be.

You can’t let the apocalypse rule your life.

If you find that you're going through hell, keep moving. You will get to the end eventually.

The people who harvest America's food must be treated with respect and earn a living wage.

The center of the earth is about a million degrees.

I wasn't surprised to find myself in the back of Mr. Klein's store, wearing only my undershirt and panties, surrounded by sable.

As a parent, the only thing I am absolutely certain of is my own fallibility.

Shut up and write anyway. Don't use anything as an excuse.

The true measure of a city is its soul. This is the restless energy that doesn't wait for political leadership.

Meet your failure nobly, and it will not differ from success.

It seems to me far more likely that an advanced civilization would communicate inter dimensionally and telepathically.

We're starting to look at a new way of being, and I know ultimately that it will triumph. I think it's coming soon, too.