In a long and healthy life, which is what most of us have, there is plenty of time.
I couldn't have been a novelist without being a mother. It gives you a unique witness point of the growth of a personality. It was a kind of biological component for me that had to come first. My children gave this other window on the world.
The silence is perfect, and yet a torment.
Here's to another year and let's hope it's above ground.
The recounting of a life is a cheat...even our own stories are obscenely distorted.
He dares not concern himself with the future for fear of disturbing the present.