Even though I didn't know I was applying for the job, I have somehow become the spokesperson for independent book stores.

It was all in my head and now all I had to do was figure out a way to get it down on paper.

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.

Show kindness whenever possible. Show it to the people in front of you, the people coming up behind you, and the people with whom you are running neck and neck. It will vastly improve the quality of your own life, the lives of others, and the state of the world.

We are taught to be suspicious, especially of anyone who might not look like us or share our beliefs.

You can't say, "I'm too busy writing to be political." You are one person.

I will write my way into another life.