The person we know at first, she thinks, is not the one we know at last.

I write about what I know; and I write about things that are new to me, and that I didn't know before.

I have the most charmed, most - I feel entirely blessed and lucky that I have the life that I have.

Téa Obreht is the most thrilling literary discovery in years

She takes another long haul, lets the smoke settle in her lungs-- she has heard somewhere that cigarettes are good for grief. One long drag and you forget how to cry. The body too busy dealing with the poison.

Things in life have no real beginning, though our stories about them always do.

There are no days more full than those we go back to.