Teachers deserve respect," I explain. "Why do they get it for free, when everyone else has to earn it?

If you ask me, music is the language of memory

When I was little, the great mystery to me was not how babies were made, but why?

I thought lightning wasn't supposed to strike in the same place twice....sure it does...but only if you're too dumb to move.

she told me she'd be a phoenix." The image of the mythical creature rising from the ashes glitters in my mind. "They don't really exist." "She said that depends on whether or not there's someone who can see them.

Motherhood is a Sisyphean task. You finish sewing one seam shut, and another rips open. I have come to believe that this life I'm wearing will never really fit.

When your mother is made out of your dreams, anything real is bound to disappoint you.