Gender mattered a whole lot less to Shakespeare than it seems to matter to us.
The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way you would never do anything.
Nothing moves at the Hotel New Hampshire! We're screwed down here-for life!
When Jack Burns needed to hold his mother's hand, his fingers could see in the dark.
but writers, Garp knew, were just observers - good and ruthless imitators of human behavior.
Owen Meany believed that “coincidence” was a stupid, shallow refuge sought by stupid, shallow people who were unable to accept the fact that their lives were shaped by a terrifying and awesome design – more powerful and unstoppable than the Yankee Flyer. (a train)