...but it doesn't feel crazy to us. It feels like what we do.

I am drawn to the ways in which we are shaped by people and by place.

I cannot just write a frivolous book, a la-di-da book. Everything isn't la-di-da. There is something that's going to pull you up short. I want to reassure young readers. I want to comfort them, to not fear the unexpected.

The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in.

how can you love a little cat so much in such a short short time?

Sometimes you know in your heart you love someone, but you have to go away before your head can figure it out.

Every character is asking: Whats my place? Why am I here? I dont want the answer to be Just because. You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.