Every woman I had ever met who walked through the world appraised and classified by an extraordinary physicality had also received the keys to an unbearable solitude. It was the coefficient of their beauty, the price they had to pay.

In families, there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.

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.

Her laughter was a shiny thing, like pewter flung high in the air.

Anyone who knows me well must understand and be sympathetic to my genuine need to be my own greatest hero. It is not a flaw of character; it is a catastrophe.

My soul grazes like a lamb on the beauty of an indrawn tide.

Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their mouths like Bordeaux wine.