Reality has taught us that no woman can build an honest life without sacrificing something along the way. Deciding what will be sacrificed is not easy.

Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark.

Your home is whatever in this world you love more than you love yourself.

Nothing in the last few years has dazzled me more than Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall,' which blew the top of my head straight off. I've read it three times, and I'm still trying to figure out how she put that magnificent thing together.

I've ruined my eyes, I've ruined my health from my studiousness!

I never wanted to be the person that waited for a stranger to come to town - I wanted to be the stranger!

Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.