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.

There ain't no point in making soup unless others eat it. Soup needs another mouth to taste it, another heart to be warmed by it.

Mercy Watson was a character that had been in my head for a long time.

You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.

Life was so short; so many beautiful things slipped away.

Perhaps," said the man, "you would like to be lost with us. I have found it much more agreeable to be lost in the company of others.

Every morning for, I don't know how long, I came over to Alison's [McGhee] house and we sat in her office and wrote the stories "out loud" together. We yelled at each other and made each other laugh. It was a lot of fun.