The sexuality doesn't end. It really doesn't. You're sexual your whole life, if you're a sexual person.

Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us.

Being a daughter is only half the equation; bearing one is the other.

We don't have a clear path forward, and that's been the case for feminism since the 18th century, when the idea of the rights of women actually began.

Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.

The bruise on the heart which at first feels incredibly tender to the slightest touch eventually turns all the shades of the rainbow and stops aching. We forget about it. We even forget we have hearts until the next time. And then we wonder how we ever could have forgotten. We think this one is better, because, in fact, we cannot fully remember the time before.

There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.