In my family, Father is the world champion at ending conversations.

I love the idea of books being more than books, or being, rather, something other than books.

I know you look both ways before you cross the street, but I want you to look both ways a second time, because I told you to.

Since the world has changed so much, the same values don't lead to the same choices anymore.

Our relationship to the environment matters, our relationship to animals matters, and our relationship to culture matters.

I think it's very pretty. Can it be pretty if no one thinks it's pretty? I think it's pretty. If you're the only one? That's pretty pretty. And what about the boys? Don't you want them to think you're pretty? I wouldn't want a boy to think I was pretty unless he was the kind of boy who thought I was pretty.

People who want to find a place of rest, want to find an integrated personality, sense of self, want fewer fractures in their lives.