Before I had kids, I thought you should never lie to a kid. But now I've had them, I realize you almost lie to them by definition, because if you're trying to summarize something for your 1-year-old, you put it in very simple terms. You only gradually complicate the explanation as they get older.

The world is always changing brightness and hotness and soundness, I never know how it's going to be the next minute.

Maybe I’m a human, but I’m a me-and-Ma as well.

...sentences swallowed and sung back and swallowed all over again. She was made entirely out of words.

People move around so much in the world, things get lost.

Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.

I've been writing full-time since I was 23.