There are hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman.

No matter how hard you try to be present at home, you're always doing the things that you have to do.

I believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an aching heart.

I write two pages - that's all I write. It takes me about an hour. I've learned that's all I'm capable of and to push myself beyond that is foolhardy. It's a very delicate thing, and I will not abuse it. So I write two pages, then I get up from the computer.

This is the danger of loving: No matter how powerful you are, no matter how many kingdoms you rule, you cannot stop those you love from dying.

It is a bad thing to have love and nowhere to put it.

I have done quite a few signings at bookstores, libraries and conferences. I have received phone calls and letters from people who liked the book.