It's easier to love a woman when you can't understand a word she's saying.

shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us

The love between humans is the thing that nails us to the earth.

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

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.

I used to do everything to keep a wall up around myself and keep my life quiet so that I could write.

I have seven step-siblings from my mother's second and third marriages. My degree of closeness to my step-siblings varies among the seven but I have a great sense of loyalty to all of them, especially the four from my childhood. If those people needed my help I would be there for them.