Be careful what you give children, for sooner or later you are sure to get it back.

If I had to give up my life for anything, it would have to have the resilience of hope, the elation of new literacy, the brilliant life of a field of flowers, the elementary kindness of bread. Nothing short of that. It would have to be something as sure as love.

You could love your crazy people, even admire them, instead of resenting that they're not self-sufficient.

Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing.

I don't *ever* write about real people. Art is supposed to be better than that. If you want a slice of life, look out the window.

Tall and straight I may appear, but I will always be Ada inside. A crooked little person trying to tell the truth. The power is in the balance: we are our injuries, as much as we are our successes

When I want to take God at his word exactly, I take a peep out the window at His creation. Because that, darling, He makes fresh for us everyday.