No mother is ever, completely, a child's idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the other way around as well. But despite everything, we didn't do too badly by one another, we did as well as most.

Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time.

I walk away from him. It's enormously pleasing to me, this walking away. It's like being able to make people appear and vanish, at will.

I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.

Paper isn’t important. It’s the words on them that are important.

If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if they have to give up some personal freedom.

Moira was like an elevator with open sides. She made us dizzy.