I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.

A practical girl never pines; she takes action.

That's when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you - without you asking.

I will probably always cry myself to sleep, but knowing this, someday the tears won't be sad, or filled with regret. Maybe they will be joyful

And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service. It's service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.

Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room. One person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.

Motherhood changes everything.