But there are certain books I would never put on a Kindle because you want to be able to look at graphs and photos or the footnotes and maps. You can't see that.

I’ve never thought much about whether I was happy or if I had fun as a child. I was a so-so girl who lived with a so-so family in a so-so village. I didn’t know that there might be another way to live, and I didn’t worry about it either.

I know a lot about women and their suffering, but I still know almost nothing about men.

A brave heart? It feels like a swollen and aching thing in my chest.

Having a baby is painful in order to show how serious a thing life is.

I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic.

I think all women have a friend who at some point dumped them or betrayed them or deeply disappointed them. And at the same time all women have a friend who they dumped or betrayed or hurt in some way. That's universal in women's friendships.