Luscious feet that listened to the soil and stole its secrets.

A woman is not a whole woman without the experience of marriage. In the case of a bad marriage, you win if you lose. Of the two alternatives - bad marriage or none - I believe bad marriage would be better. It is a bitter experience and a high price to pay for fulfillment, but it is the better alternative.

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.

The maimed bodies aren't the worst. That's the easy way to hate war. The safe way. I - hate it just as much for the maimed souls that stay at home.

writing is the loneliest job in the world. There's always that frustrating chasm to bridge between the concept and the writing of it. We're a harassed tribe, we writers.

A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far.