I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.

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

Somehow you drift along on the river, and one day you wake up and you’re someplace you don’t want to be, with someone you realize you don’t know.

I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.

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.

Somebody once said to me that photography and writing don't get respect because people think that they can do it, too.

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