I fell into shame like a suicide throws herself into a river. (253)

stories are the one sure way I know to touch the heart and change the world.

Delia picked at the raw sores of her conscience...Drunk or sober, Delia lived in the small town in her heart, ignoring the world in which all her love had turned to grief.

Twenty years after we had left so fierce and proud, we were all right back where we had started, yoked to each other and the same old drama.

fiction is the great lie that tells the truth

And while it is true that I got the best woman in the world, I don't think love saves you.

It's important to set challenges that you're not sure you're equal to.