She has given birth to vagabonds. She is the keeper of all these names and numbers now, numbers she once knew by heart, numbers and addresses her children no longer remember.

That's what books are for... to travel without moving an inch.

Fiction is the only way I know a human being can inhabit the mind of another human being.

Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it.

I am drawn to any story that makes me want to read from one sentence to the next. I have no other criterion.

A bicultural upbringing is a rich but imperfect thing

Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.

Somehow, bad news, however ridden with static, however filled with echoes, always manages to be conveyed.

The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace.

That the last two letters in her name were the first two in his, a silly thing he never mentioned to her but caused him to believe that they were bound together.

It didn't matter that I wore clothes from Sears; I was still different. I looked different. My name was different. I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different.

A man of worth is a man that sees the worth in others more than himself.

Believe in yourself, Follow your dreams, and all things are possible!

Maybe it was wrong to take comfort in Hayden’s arms, but she wouldn’t find comfort anywhere else.

I truly love Australia I miss Aussie kids and their attitude!

I've learned from my dealings with Johnny Carson that no matter what kind of friendship you think you have with people you're working with, when the chips are down, it's all about business.

The United States and Mexico are trapped - economically, culturally, politically and because of drug crime - in the same continent.

To possess dignity is to be worthy of respect. Worthy of high esteem. Absorb this: you are worthy of respect.

The drive for happiness is vital; it's what keeps us in motion.

What we resist persists.

There's a lot of evidence that fruits and vegetables are beneficial for reducing the risk of stroke.