She should have done science, not spent all her time with her head in novels. Novels gave you a completely false idea about life, they told lies and they implied there were endings when in reality there were no endings, everything just went on and on and on.

Why is everything an 'adventure' with you?" Sylvie said irritably to Izzie." "Because life is an adventure, of course." "I would say it was more of an endurance race," Sylvie said. "Or an obstacle course.

The past is what you take with you.

The past is a cupboard full of light and all you have to do is find the key that opens the door.

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.

You can step in the same river but the water will always be new.

If you don't have a unique voice, then you're not really a writer.