She became for me an island of light, fun, wisdom where I could run with my discoveries and torments and hopes at any time of day and find welcome.

I have never written a book that was not born out of a question I needed to answer for myself.

instant intimacy was too often followed by disillusion.

Family life! The United Nations is child's play compared to the tugs and splits and need to understand and forgive in any family.

It feels a long way up and down from zero.

One does not "find oneself" by pursuing one's self, but on the contrary by pursuing something else and learning through discipline or routine. . . who one is and wants to be.

Read between the lines.Then meet me in the silence if you can.