Things happen when people are not where they belong, and the world moves forward and back by that principle.
Fear and hope are alike underneath.
At the exact moment any decision seems to be being made, it's usually long after the real decision was actually made--like light we see emitted from stars.
I wouldn't be a very good writer if someone hadn't taught me how to read.
Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married.
I think that's the thing that memoir can do more than anything it does; it testifies and bears witness to the existence of people whose lives, pleasures and virtues would never have been testified to without my having done it. That makes me really glad.