She wanted out of the decorating scheme.

There is a small window of opportunity for freckled girls to tan.

You never get over it, but you get to where it doesn't bother you so much.

I don’t know what you’re feeling, I won’t even pretend

I have a lot of novels that I haven't finished. I usually get 150 pages in and I realize it's not going anywhere. I don't publish everything I write. I must have six unfinished novels at least.

Sourmelina's secret (as Aunt Zo put it): 'Lina was one of those women they named the island after.

Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness", "joy", or "regret". Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that is oversimplifies feeling. I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions.