But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without someone buoying them up.

But I have told the truth. Isn't that ironic? They sent me because I am so good at telling lies. But I have told the truth.

Must stop. This ink is amazing, it really doesn't smear, even when you cry on it

Incredible what slender threads you begin to hang your hopes on.

It was a rather extraordinary conversation if you think about it -- both of us speaking in code. But not military code, not Intelligence or Resistance code -- just feminine code.

I tend not to attempt to describe pain. I don't feel I can comprehend or re-create the personal suffering of others, so I simply try to tell what happened, or what I imagine happened. I also think it helps to let the reader fill in a lot of the blanks. Melodrama is patronizing. With a straightforward statement, readers can figure out for themselves what's going on.

Careless talk costs lives.