And I am not one of those women who trips twice over the same stone.

Fear is like a black cavern that is terrifying. Once you enter the cavern and explore it, you realize that you can get out of it, go through it and get out of it. Then there's another cavern that is just as big and terrifying, and you just go in and dwell in it and see what is the worst that can happen.

There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always.

The two moments are much alike: birth and death are made of the same fabric.

Affection is like the noonday sun; it does not need the presence of another to be manifest.

I have a very acute sense of place and time, so all of my stories are rooted in a place and a time.

What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.