The best gift you can give is a hug: one size fits all and no one ever minds if you return it.

the body is simple as a turtle / and straight as a dog: / the body cannot lie.

I don't even remember what Mother and I quarreled about: it is a continual quarrel that began when I reached puberty.

Any life is lived in a particular time and place. Every life is impacted by the family's socio-economic circumstances, and, in later life, by the person's.

Obviously I find women more interesting than men to write about.

Everything you study, everything you learn, makes you a better writer, because you have more understanding of how things work.

Live as if you like yourself, and it may happen.