The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.

As a journalist I'm comfortable doing library research, and I did a lot! I had a fellowship at Radcliff for a year which gave me access to the Harvard system.

The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.

I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.

My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.

I wanted to cry, but I realized that I was too old for that. I would be a woman soon and I would have to learn how to live with a divided heart.

Biblical names are hot again.