Men are prisoners of their genitalia and women are the keepers of the keys to paradise.

I was the only person in the world who thought it was a military duty to appear to be in a good mood.

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.

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

My attraction to story is a ceaseless current that runs through the center of me. My inexhaustible ardor for reading seems connected to my hunger for storylines that show up in both books and in the great tumbling chaos of life.

I’ve never had anyone’s approval, so I’ve learned to live without it.

The great teachers fill you up with hope and shower you with a thousand reasons to embrace all aspects of life. I wanted to follow Mr. Monte around for the rest of my life, learning everything he wished to share of impart, but I didn't know how to ask.