A library is a home filled with our stories. On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our great longing for times that have passed, the sterling moment of the present and the glorious future known only in our imaginations.

I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.

Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.

Maybe a first love exists to reaffirm the best parts of yourself, the choices you made when you didn't worry about the consequences. Maybe a first love exists to remind you to be brave in the moment, to stand up for your feelings, instead of shrinking back in the face of potential loneliness.

If a man walks in beauty, he will create, and when he creates, he prospers.

Motherhood changes everything.

Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.