She's beautiful and graceful, and she is very compassionate and loyal when you aren't responsible for the murder of her family.

Even things that aren't broken can be fixed.

None of the wives mention the security guards by the door, who will probably tackle us to the ground if we try to leave without our husbands.

It was my fifth grade teacher who introduced the idea that writing could be more than a hobby for me.

So how long do you think it’ll be?” he says. “Before the next hurricane comes along to take you home.” “Can I tell you my biggest fear?” I say. “Yes. Tell me.” “That it will be a very windless four years.

We are stronger than we've credited ourselves to be. We have been the victims and the witnesses. We have said a lifetime of good-byes.

There is a silence so great that I can hear the ice crystals cracking and falling from eyelashes of girls who will never blink again.