I have an intimate relationship with books. After all, I take them with me into the bathtub-not an invitation I offer lightly.

I have an intimate relationship with books. After all, I take them with me into the bathtub-not an invitation I offer lightly.

Birthdays are a reward for having shown up 365 days in a row. It's like getting a badge for attendance.

The people I work with are like family. I don't mean this in a nice way.

Humor is a show of both strength and of vulnerability: you are willing to make the first move but you are trusting in the response of your listener.

Confessions are like tattoos in that 1) You convince yourself that the immediate pain of going through the process means it won't bother you later on; 2) They are permanent.

Having a lean and hungry look was frowned upon in my Italian neighborhood where a girl was considered too skinny if she could make her knees touch.