Sex has the unparalleled power to make us absurd to ourselves. It also has the power to make us understand transcendence.

You must find the right voice (or voices) for the timbre that can convince a reader to give himself up to you.

beware the Lure of a handsome Face, the all too ready Assumption that the lovely Façade must needs have lovely Chambers within; for as 'tis with Great Houses, so, too, with Great Men.

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

The Passion that one Soul hath for God cannot be judged by another.

A baby's a full time job for three adults. Nobody tells you that when you're pregnant, or you'd probably jump off a bridge. Nobody tells you how all-consuming it is to be a mother-how reading goes out the window and thinking too.