Leaving is an act that cannot be undone.

On a fulcrum in my chest, grief and relief are balanced in equal measure.

Then too, motherhood is broken because in this place, to be a good mother is to give yourself completely. It is to erase yourself. This is what I refused to do.

Destiny is usually around the corner. Like a thief, like a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it

Intuition is often conceived as a kind of inner perception, sometimes regarded as lucidity or understanding.

Ladies, how do you expect a man to love you, if he hasn't first learnt how to love himself?

The law hath not been dead though it hath slept.

My father opened a restaurant. It's so amazing... it's so freaking delicious, but I'm telling you I gain five pounds every time I go in there.

That worst evil of long dictatorships: the loss of all political experience.

The spinning wheel is not meant to oust a single man or woman from his or her occupation.

It seems quite impossible to walk in America.

First of all, I love singing. I mean, I get out of bed and I sing. I can't help it.

So women just seized the opportunity.