I know that there are people out there who believe we should get rid of all guns.

Some people need a huge amount of attention, and they are worthy of that attention, and they're still exhausting.

Staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps.

There was no time for kissing but she wanted him to know that in the future there would be. A kiss in so much loneliness was like a hand pulling you up out of the water, scooping you up from a place of drowning and into the reckless abundance of air. A kiss, another kiss.

Love was action. It came to you. It was not a choice.

I could teach. I could wait tables. I could cook in a restaurant. Food and teaching were the two skills I had.

I think the best vacation is the one that relieves me of my own life for a while and then makes me long for it again.