Fiction allows for moral questioning, but through the back door. Personally, I like books that make you think - books you're still wondering about three days after you finish them; books you hand to a friend and say "Read this, so we can talk about it."

You may be real, but you're still stuck in a book.

I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet.

He rises over me, a second sun, and fills me with light and heat.

One person's trauma is another's loss of innocence.

you're not a bad person because you want to be yourself.

I cannot admit this out loud. In the first place, we are expected to be supermoms these days, instead of admitting that we have flaws. It is tempting to believe that all mothers wake up feeling fresh every morning, never raise their voices, only cook with organic food, and are equally at ease with the CEO and the PTA.