People always talked about a mother's uncanny ability to read her children, but that was nothing compared to how children could read their mothers.

And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not supposed to be.

I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood to arrive.

People who hadn't suffered a loss yet struck me as not quite grown up.

And she thought what a clean, simple life she would have led if it weren't for love.

... everyone must play his role.

But if you never did anything you couldn't undo you'd end up doing nothing at all.