As a writer, my homeland is the desk where I work.
Her mind is a haunted house.
History is the third parent.
All those who love know exactly the limit they're prepared to go to. They know exactly what is required.
Paper is the strongest material in the world. Things under which a mountain will crumble, you can place on paper and it will hold: beauty at its most intense; love at its fiercest; the greatest grief; the greatest rage.
The neighbourhood is a place of...intrigue and emotional espionage, where when two people stop to talk on the street their tongues are like the two halves of a scissor coming together, cutting reputations and good names to shreds.