I suspect that in every good marriage there are times when love seems to be over.

Speaking of ways, pet, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.

When I am grappling with ideas which are radical enough to upset grown-ups, then I am likely to put these ideas into a story which will be marketed for children, because children understand what their parents have rejected and forgotten.

Easter is always the answer to "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!"

artists ... all have a need that cannot be met by another human being.

To share poetry is one of the most intimate acts of friendship possible.

It's a very American trait, this wanting people to think well of us. It's a young want, and I am ashamed of it in myself. I am not always a good daughter, even though my lacks are in areas different from her complaints. Haven't I learned yet that the desire to be perfect is always disastrous and, at the least, loses me in the mire of false guilt?