I grew up with my father, so I know more about cars than most women.

Sometimes we have to face the things that hurt us most. Maybe you won’t heal till you do. You haven’t yet.” They both knew that was true. “You can’t move ahead until you bury the past.

What’s ready? Was Steinback ready? Hemingway? Shakespeare? Dickens? Jane Austen? They just did it, didn’t they?

It would be hard for me to overestimate the importance of reading. Nothing can expand the mind and heart like the magic al world of books. .... Our libraries are an essential resource for our children, our communities, and our future.

I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.

...there were no guarantees in life, only promises and whispers.

That is what touches me most. When somebody says: you really made a difference.