It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.

Bravest thing about people is how they go on loving mortal beings after finding out there's such a thing as dying.

There is no sound more peaceful than rain on the roof, if you're safe asleep in someone else's house.

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.

People imagine that missing a loved one works kind of like missing cigarettes,' he said. 'The first day is really hard but the next day is less hard and so forth, easier and easier the longer you go on. But instead it's like missing water. Every day, you notice the person's absence more.

My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations.

No couple buying wedding rings wants to be reminded that someday one of them will have to accept the other one's ring from a nurse or an undertaker.