Hunger, she often tells me, has nothing to do with the belly and everything to do with the mind. What Mary really runs isn't a bakery, but a community.

Where you come from does matter -- but not nearly as much as where you are headed.

It is a remarkable question- Do all the wonderful things happen when we are not aware of them?

You can't be real," Delilah murmurs. "Says who?" I ask. "Did you really think that a story exists only when you're reading it?

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart you had to bury?

The desperate usually succeed because they have nothing to lose.

Saying goodbye to the people you love isn't easy