The only way I could endure being a coward was if I was the only one who knew it.

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.

Cameras are a lifesaver for very shy people who have nowhere else to hide. Behind a lens they can disguise the fact that they have nothing to say to strangers.

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

I was born to be a point guard, but not a very good one.

There are no verdicts to childhood, only consequences, and the bright freight of memory.

I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.