She supposed that all those years of loving a person who was dishonest had taught her a few things.

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.

Be cheerful!

If it had attempted to strengthen then I still receive, but if that had been repeated to make me give up. So I gave up.

Know what being a man's pet means. And if you're ever lucky enough to find yourself with the choice, choose the pasture.

Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain therefore to treat them as if they were equal.

The world shall know that I will keep my faith to friends and enemies, come what will.

I do not believe anyone has reached such perfection, surpassing all others, except Christ, to whom God immediately revealed - without words or visions - the conditions which lead to salvation.

Everyone likes the obscene; that is real life.

Stress comes from trying to achieve, trying to do something, trying to keep up with the events of the world, the speed of the world, and trying to accomplish, to produce results.

It seems to be that way with most things. No one to do the really disagreeable jobs except oneself.

The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.