There are no dead ends, just detours.

Change was as much about loss as gain, about giving something up even as you reached for something new or different. The world was opening up, not closing in.

The tune was sad, as the best of Ireland was, melancholy and lovely as a lover's tears.

I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word.

I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world, not because it's good for me.

A woman who can threaten your life before breakfast is the only sort of woman worth having.

We make destiny with every turn, every choice.