Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

Books are like blankets, the mere sight of them around the house provides warmth and comfort. They are like mirrors, too, reflecting places I've been, phases I've been through, people I've loved or thought I did.

Like many women my age, I am 28 years old.

The first gay person I ever met was surely not the first gay person I ever met.

Be nice to your siblings. They are your link to the past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.