She expected no judgement and wanted no pity.

The world does not turn without moments of grace. Who cares how small.

The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity.

We seldom know what echo our actions will find, but our stories will most certainly outlast us.

It was as if they wanted to take their older bodies and put their younger hearts inside.

An optimist is a braver cynic.

The true nature of a democracy is its ability to say yes when even the powerful say no

His body, his mind, his soul, had, for years, served only for the profit of others. He had his own people to whom he was pledged. Three million. They were the currency of his freedom.

And there are moments that I would like to know what might have happened if it hadn't happened, and why it happened the way it did, and what it might have taken to prevent it from happening.

Without love and forgiveness, how could there be happiness?

A writer's partner should be a good reader...otherwise she/he will get bored what's happening around.

The most beaten paths are certainly the surest, but do not hope to start much game on them.

I loved The Fall; I was kind of obsessed with that show.

As a viewer of television if there's something I don't like or find offensive, I just don't watch it.

The kids are old enough now - I just want to let them be kids. I don't want to comment on them too much. They're at an age where I just want to let them be kids.

Be knowledgeable in your niche, provide some information free of charge, and share other trustworthy people's free resources whenever possible.

I'm more of a culture hummingbird.

I love romance. I think our skin clears up and we're nicer when you are in love.

I liked this idea: that peculiarness wasn't a deficiency, but an abundance; that it wasn't we who lacked something normals had, but they who lacked peculiarness. That we were more, not less.