The way we started was, Alison [McGhee] said, 'Tall girl, short girl.' We had no plans beyond that.

the story is not a pretty one. there is violence in it. And cruelty. But stories that are not pretty have a certain value, too, I suppose. Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannont always be sweetness and light.

She was working to remind herself of who she was. She was working to remember that somewhere in another place entirely she was known and loved.

I want to remind people of the great and profound joy that can be found in stories, and that stories can connect us to each other, and that reading together changes everybody involved.

If there is anything that I think I might use later, I underline it.

I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.

They were always on the move.But in truth said bull we are all going nowhere