Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.

I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write these books, is just to say don't be so sure of yourself. Let me pull the carpet out from underneath you, and let's see if you can still find the footing.

But I think half the battle is figuring out what works for you, and I am much better at being a mother than I ever would have been as a lawyer. I sometimes wonder if it is just me, or if there are other women who figure out where they are supposed to be by going nowhere." - My Sister's Keeper

I try really hard to ask people to take a look at their bookshelves. Are there female writers on it? Gay writers? Writers of color? There should be.

It was like trying to bail out an ocean of water with a teaspoon.

Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was.

You get through it, you just never get over it