My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.

When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.

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

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.

Egypt loved the lotus because it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved.

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.

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