It will happen when you're not looking for it. Love likes to take you by surprise.

The truth is, aging can be your realest opportunity to decide how best to live - and the best incentive for getting you to do just that.

I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay. I've heard that when elephants are attacked they often run, not away, but toward each other. Perhaps it is because they are a matriarchal society.

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.

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.

books are like confort food without the calories

You must never check for a person's pulse using your thumb, or you'll feel your own heartbeat. Actually, I plan on doing that if I'm the one who's here when Ruth dies. I plan on giving her my heartbeat before I let her go.