New Yorkers, I figured, just pretended to be unfriendly.

She had her addictions and one of them was reading.

Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.

Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are

It's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do.

The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react

The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the heads of companies if they were men, become teachers. Teaching is a calling, too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy-angles leading their flocks out of the darkness.