I heard a sigh, as though the books were breathing. I felt that this was where I belonged. This was where I lived.

I hate it when people tell me the end of the story because my mother always read the last page of a novel first to see whether she wanted to read it. It was a strange reading habit.

I was beginning to understand.My grandmother's love was cold because she was afraid of things;that was why everything had to be perfect.

Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you're with your children, you're thinking about working.

I always quit at three when my kids come home from school so I feel pretty spoiled

He wanted pain, I saw that in him, and what a man wants he will often manage to find.

Never look at other people's bad fortune,' my mother said. 'If you do, it will come back to find you instead of its rightful owner.