I was of the opinion that the past is past, and like all that is not now it should remain buried along the side of our memories.

People shouldn't be allowed to get married until it's too late to have kids.

I believed him. I was not stupid. I was his wife.

It’s much easier to be cruel than one might think.

I write because I want to end my loneliness. Books make people less alone. That, before and after everything else, is what books do. They show us that conversations are possible across distances.

You can see the most beautiful things from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. I read somewhere that people on the street are supposed to look like ants, but that's not true. They look like little people. And the cars look like little cars. And even the buildings look little. It's like New York is a miniature replica of New York, which is nice, because you can see what it's really like, instead of how it feels when you're in the middle of it.

Every moment before this one depends on this one.