Weeping is terrible for the complexion" said Leonie, holding Shayndel close, "but it is very good for the soul.

If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.

Death is no enemy, but the foundation of gratitude, sympathy, and art. Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.

There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America.

I moved my arms through the water, feeling them float on the surface, watching the waves and wake that followed my gesture. Here was magic, I thought. Here was something holy.

Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent.

The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.