She seems to have had the ability to stand firmly on the rock of her past while living completely and unregretfully in the present.

The novelist helps us to see things we might not notice otherwise.

Truth is eternal. Knowledge is changeable. It is disastrous to confuse them.

Stories are like children. They grow in their own way.

If we are to be aware of life while we are living it, we must have the courage to relinquish our hard-earned control of ourselves.

Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do. I've never had a feeling in my life. As a matter of fact, I matter only with earth people.

No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought my love would never recover.