But that was the best time of my life, and only now that it has gone from me forever -- only now do I realize it.

And we are a people without tears. The things that moved our parents do not move us at all.

I think of a writer as a river: you reflect what passes before you.

No adultery is bloodless.

But that was the best time of my life, and only now that it has gone from me forever -- only now do I realize it.

When I write stories I am like someone who is in her own country, walking along streets that she has known since she was a child, between walls and trees that are hers.

You aren't ill: it is just that you are made of second-rate materials