You'll never regret eating blueberries or working up a sweat.

Feelings change fast when you're a teenager.

Work is a slice of your life. It's not the entire pizza.

Being wanted is the tender heel of everything human.

I do a great deal of research. I don’t want anyone to say, ‘That could not have happened.’ It may be fiction, but it has to be true.

Anybody can become a widow. There aren't any special qualifications. It happens in less time than it takes to draw a breath. It doesn't require the planning, for example, that it takes to become a wife or a mother or any of the other ritual roles of womanhood.

The ideal structure for a family is one that remains so.