Sometimes you know before you know.

My mind was in my heart, anchored like a bright kite in a safe place.

The heart of myself has always been something just wanting so bad. I have had an empty center, black as a basement, but also knowing about light and waiting. Young as I am, I know now that everything is about to come. Jimmy will be the place for me to learn the real happiness. He will be my Joy School. My joy. Mine.

No one wants to mother more vigilantly than a woman who is childless and wishes she wasn’t.

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.

It is never about how good your voice is; it is only about feeling the urge to sing, and then having the courage to do it with the voice you are given.

Sometimes serendipity is just intention unmasked.