A town so suffocating and small, you tripped over people you hated every day. People who knew things about you. It's the kind of place that leaves a mark.

Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it.

I just think some women aren't made to be mothers. And some women aren't made to be daughters.

Don't be discouraged - every relationship you have is a failure, until you find the right one.

I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ. Slit me at my belly and it might slide out, meaty and dark, drop on the floor so you could stomp on it.

A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.

My mother had always told her kids: if you're about to do something, and you want to know if it's a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see.