There's a Buddhist precept that the only thing you deserve is the chance to do the work, and I've been given the chance to do the work.

[He] had the soul of a poet, and because of this, he liked very much to consider questions that had no answers.

The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him.

Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Watson love Mercy [Watson]. Eugenia hates Mercy. Baby likes Mercy. Mercy loves toast. And the plot, if you want to be so generous as to call it a plot, turns on those elements. love Mercy. Eugenia hates Mercy. Baby likes Mercy. Mercy loves toast. And the plot, if you want to be so generous as to call it a plot, turns on those elements.

The draft that finally goes to my editor doesn't get into her hands until I have read it out loud innumerable times - sometimes into a tape recorder - to make sure that it sounds right.

So, yes, at least from my end. You could say there's a lot of Alison [McGhee] in Gollie too.

I hate to cook and love to eat.