You have to choose the voice you are going to trust. You can't listen to everyone.

My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel.

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around. Too much free time!

Certain things need not be said, and there’s nothing, not a whisper, prayer, not a sacrifice, not a payment of any price, that would change what’s about to happen.

Let everyone see the blood,' he said. 'Don't clean it up. That's the only way people remember.'... I could see the blood inside my head. It was with me forever, whether or not I wanted to forget.

She was so busy forgetting, she couldn't take a single step into the future.