I come from people who did not go to college. They didn't even finish high school. People who one might call ordinary Americans who are very hardworking.

It must happen to everyone. The last time you make love, you can't know it will be the last.

The appeal of writing is primarily the investigation of mystery.

Sometimes people surprise us. People we believe we know.

In a family, what isn't spoken is what you listen for. But the noise of a family is to drown it out.

Like a flame is real enough, isn't it, while it's burning?-even if there's a time it goes out?

I would suggest the widow do things the husband used to do, so he seems to be there with you. You will feel like just going to bed. It's so wonderful, going to bed.