Small towns may revile you, but they have to keep you-they can't turn you away.

You can learn a lot from your lovers, but-for the most part-you get to keep your friends longer, and you learn more from them.

Self-hatred is worse than loneliness.

Most places we leave in childhood grow less, not more, fancy.

It doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Bevore you can write anything, you have to notice something.

The time to read Madame Bovary is when your romantic hopes and desires have crashed, and you will believe that your future relationships will have disappointing - even devastating - consequences.

Never trust a man with a lunatic wife in an attic, " Richard told me. "And anyone named Heathcliff should make you suspicious.

That's okay, " I said. "We're writers. We make things up.

You can't possibly know that you're going to be a writer!" Miss Frost said. "It's not a career choice.

Novels are just another kind of cross-dressing, aren't they?

God’s timing determines the fruit of the harvest.

The end is everything.

Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. Our goal should be health and stamina.

When I first went to Europe, I thought I was going to move there. I was making plans to move to the south of Spain. It's such a cute, innocent thought. I think we all go through it.

You're all going to die. I hate to remind you, but it is on your schedule. It probably won't happen when you'd like; generally, it's an inconvenience.

I'm hoping my children will save me from my vanity. If it doesn't, plastic surgery is an option... It sucks to have to grow older. We all have to accept it.

Language is remarkable, except under the extreme constraints of mathematics and logic, it never can talk only about what it's supposed to talk about but is always spreading around.

The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional powers that, while not preparing for armed conflict, do not fully trust one another.

Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.

If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.