This was my moment to look for the kind of healing and peace that can only come from solitude.

library is a beautiful old thing

The world needs women who stop asking for permission from the principal. Permission to live their lives as they deeply know they often should. I think we still look to authority figures for validation, recognition, permission.

Oh my God, baby, you are in so much trouble.

Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship - a play between divine grace and willful self-effort.

My whole life I've been an over-giver. My general operating policy has always been, 'If it belongs to me, don't worry: You can have it!'

Generally speaking, that's good drama - the marriage plot or the tragedy - but the reality of women's lives is that most of us don't get what we wanted, and most of us find ways to have really interesting lives anyway.