Papa loves you with a dying and infernal love," the youngest girl said. "Undying," the eldest girl corrected. "And eternal.

It is life that hurts you not death.

Had I truly thought I would not die when he kissed me? But I did. For a moment the breath and life went out of me and there was no time and no tomorrow but only my lips against his.

You, my lord, are the ending of all true stories.

Demonstrate talent, said Grandmother often to me, and you will still be loved by a husband when beauty has faded.

Each man, when he dies, sees the landscape of his own soul.

Susie: Maybe we're all making everything up as we go.

In the fall, she knew it was Death who sweetened the apples.

I think poetry's always a kind of faith. It is the kind that I have.

In the tradition of great female artists, Karla Bonoff, Bonnie Raitt, Christine McVie, Shawn Colvin, Sarah McLachlan....now enter Maia Sharp.

I opposed Clinton's budget deal in 1997 because he brought in $115 billion cut in Medicare that created greater pressure for providers not to participate.

When you use any kind of internet based capability, any kind of electronic capability, to cause damage to a private entity or a foreign nation or a foreign actor, these are potential acts of war.

Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.

I try not to go to sleep with makeup, because I think it clogs your pores. I always wash my face with something that contains salicylic acid.

Unbelievable as it may seem, one-third of all vegetables consumed in the United States come from just three sources: french fries, potato chips, and iceberg lettuce.

Being very rich as far as I am concerned is having a margin. The margin is being able to give.

We humans have two great problems: the first is knowing when to begin; the second is knowing when to stop.

My life is a dream come true of a dream I never knew I even had