Truly, great is pride and blindness, so that the blood dripping from the scaffold would be called justice. - Epigraph to the 5'th chapter

Everyone had a story behind them, a past richer than she had imagined.

Some people eat the tuna, some people roll it up into a ball. Also, the sort of disgusting texture and smell, I think, adds something to the experience.

What we are not changing, we are choosing.

In the publishing world, most editors are probably women. So I don't see the publishing world as a male-dominated one, especially within fiction.

If I am asked to explain why I learned the bicycle I should say I did it as an act of grace, if not of actual religion.

No man can give me any word but Wait.

Wolves are not our brothers; they are not our subordinates, either. They are another nation, caught up just like us in the complex web of time and life.

Everyone agrees that our ultimate goal is to establish a free, open and democratic Iraqi government and bring our men and women in uniform home as soon as possible.

There aren't many fathers around here...If someone is old enough to father a child, he should be old enough to help bring it up.

I don't like what you're doing, but I won't insult you. Why? Because who you are tomorrow may be better than who I am today