I don't believe in happy families.

... silence (can) be the most eloquent form of lying.

The only word for goodness is goodness, and it is not enough.

There is no downside to winning. It feels forever fabulous.

Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them visible and clear.

She had so mastered the strategies of camouflage that her own history had seemed a series of well-placed mirrors that kept her hidden from herself.

But no one walks out of his family without reprisals: a family is too disciplined an army to offer compassion to its deserters.