Talking out loud to fictional characters is just the tip of the iceberg.

Once the world was pulled out from beneath your feet, did you ever get to stand on firm ground again?

The real power of a wolf isn't in its fearsome jaws, which can clench with fifteen hundred pounds of pressure per square inch. The real power of a wolf is having that strength, and knowing when not to use it.

I'm the kind of person you want to kill. I had an incredibly happy childhood. I married a terrific guy when I was 23. I have great, well-adjusted kids. Sometimes my husband and I look at each other and do a little jig in the kitchen. This is the best life.

Maybe you expected marriage to be perfect - I guess that's where you and I are different. See, I thought it would be all about making mistakes, but doing it with someone who's there to remind you what you learned along the way.

May be you had to come close to losing something before you could remember its value.

In half hour my mother has managed to give me what my father couldn't: my past.