You can’t undo something that’s happened; you can’t take back a word that’s already been said out loud.

Memories aren't stored in the heart or the head or even the soul, if you ask me, but in the spaces between any given two people.

The question I hate the most is "How did you DO it - write novels and raise your children simultaneously!" I mean, do MALE authors get asked that??

Your problem is that you have been too honest for too long. Once you start doing it, lying is simpler than breathing.

Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence.

Sara: "You are so brave," I tell her, and then I smile. "When I grow up, I want to be just like you." To my surprise, Kate shakes her head hard. Her voice is a feather, a thread. "No Mommy," she says. "You'd be sick.

I, um, I have this problem. I broke up with my boyfriend, you see. And I'm pretty upset about it, so I wanted to talk to my best friend. [...] The thing is, they're both you.