I remove my wedding rings and put them in the jewelry box. So many others have done this. I am not the only one. I am not the only one. But here, I am the only one.

If I were to draw on a paper what gym does for me, I would make one dot and then I would erase it.

As a writer, you should have a sticky soul; the act of continually taking things in should be as much a part of you as your hair color.

How important things had become, now that they were gone! I felt a sudden panic that I would soon forget everything.

As far as I'm concerned, the most important thing you need when inventing characters is empathy.

*We give so little when it's in us always to give so much more. It's bothering to listen with an open heart to someone who smells bad. It's hard.

I turn off the radio, listen to the quiet. Which has its own, rich sound. Which I knew, but had forgotten. And it is good to remember.