He wanted to put his arms around her, but she had a darkness that seemed to stand beside her like an acquaintance that would not go away.

The appetites of the body were private battles.

In a way, I'm very interested in writing about Maine, because I think Maine represents its own kind of history. It's the oldest state, and it's the whitest state.

Oh that's lovely," said Bunny. "Olive, you've got a date." "Why would you say something so foolish?" Olive asked, really annoyed. "We're two lonely people having supper." "Exactly," said Bunny. "That's a date.

My first job was when I was about 12, cleaning houses in the afternoons for different elderly women in town. I hated it.

If you get divorced in New York, you go into therapy and will talk to anybody you meet on the sidewalk about it.

Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it.