Writing is a constant exercise in longing.

When I fall in love I'm obsessed.

We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome.

Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy.

​Courage is a virtue appreciated in a male but considered a defect in our gender. Bold women are a threat to a world that is badly out of balance, in favor of men.

It is common knowledge that no man that women flock to boasts of his conquests. Those who do, lie.

A novel is like a window, open to an infinite landscape.