Motherhood is not for the faint-hearted. Frogs, skinned knees, and the insults of teenage girls are not meant for the wimpy.

No man can take your freedom from you. They can limit your mobility, but that's about all they can do

I don't want to have to give up me, in order to be his.

You don’t know how lucky you are, my dear. Don’t waste it with regrets of the places and people you have lost. You have a lifetime to fill, so many good times and good years and great people ahead of you. You must rush to meet it.

For the moment, my life is a little schizophrenic.

I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.

I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.