That’s what’s so gorgeous about humanity. It doesn’t matter how bleak our daily lives are, we still fight for the light. I think that’s our divinity. We lean into love, even in the most hideous circumstances. We manage to hope.

The shreiking fight or the out-of-character insult endures forever, while the daily sweetness dissolves like sugar in water.

There are women succeeding beyond their wildest dreams because of their sobriety.

I find a great deal of comfort and care in my faith and prayer. I'd sooner do without air than prayer.

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

People who didn't live pre-Internet can't grasp how devoid of ideas life in my hometown was. I stopped in the middle of the SAT to memorize a poem, because I thought, This is a great work of art and I'll never see it again.

I get so lonely sometimes, I could put a box on my head and mail myself to a stranger.