One of the things that Ivar knew about Mrs. Walker was that she would only tell him what she knew if he asked the right question, so he spent a portion of his time meditating over what he might ask Mrs. Walker and how he might phrase the question.

My great fear is not that I'll run out of ideas. It's that I'll run out of time.

Ignorance and bloodlust have a long tradition in the United States, especially in the red states.

Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.

When 'The Awakening' was published it was considered so scandalous it was banned in the author's home-town library, and she herself was barred from the Fine Arts Club in the same city. What the novel has to offer, among other things, is honesty.

Like most of the educated, I do harbor a fondness for the sins of my ignorant past.

The fundamental condition of childhood is powerlessness.