The higher you go, the fewer women there are.

When we realize that there is never a single story about any place, we regain a kind of paradise.

Never ever accept 'Because You Are A Woman' as a reason for doing or not doing anything.

You can't write a script in your mind and then force yourself to follow it. You have to let yourself be.

If you start thinking about being likable you are not going to tell your story honestly.

Papa sat down at the table and poured his tea from the china tea set with pink flowers on the edges. I waited for him to ask Jaja and me to take a sip, as he always did. A love sip, he called it, because you shared the little things you loved with the people you love.

I have my father's lopsided mouth. When I smile, my lips slope to one side. My doctor sister calls it my cerebral palsy mouth. I am very much a daddy's girl, and even though I would rather my smile wasn't crooked, there is something moving for me about having a mouth exactly like my father's.