Some people spend the whole of their lives sitting waiting for one train, only to find that they never even made it to the station.

Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else.

She always had that about her, that look of otherness, of eyes that see things much too far, and of thoughts that wander off the edge of the world.

I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.

All those moments, those memories. Everything that we are, compressed in just two or three kilos of paper — the weight of a human heart.

Library-denigrators, pay heed:suggesting that the Internet is a viable substitute for libraries is like saying porn could replace your wife.

For me, the magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars.