There were happy days, with watermelon, and sad days of whiskey.

There is great pain in all love, but we don't care, it's worth it.

Even Solon Gregg was finding it hard to speak to a woman who had just paid hard cash for tampons and on her face wore the look of a woman who meant to use them, as advertised.

Roy Dale suspected that Mississippi was beautiful. He wasn't sure. He didn't have anything to compare it to. He hadn't even ever been out of the Delta.

Uncle said, "If love would save him, wouldn't no harm come to him.

She hoped Alistair would prove to be more than she imagined. But, unfortunately, she knew without a shadow of a doubt that people weren’t what they once were.

My heart is a thousand years old. I am not like other people.

When I was about ten, I was very impressed by the way Tarzan could swing through the trees from vine to vine. No one ever told me, 'Don't try this at home.'

I prefer assonance and internal rhyme to end rhyme. I mean, the sonnet already looks like a box. Best not to get too boxed in, though.

I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me.

I've never been able to write a book without one very strong character in my rucksack.

There was a hidden narrative I felt we could get into, It's about an accessible world. Family and relationships are accessible subjects.

The best revenge is living well without you.

Time is our most precious asset, we should invest it wisely.

When I was younger, I was like full eyeliner, tons of mascara, blush, and a red lip thinking, Oh, this is sexy. And now I think natural is better.