Lucky is the spouse who dies first, who never has to know what survivors endure.

There's a certain class of people who will do you in and then remain completely mystified by the depth of your pain.

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can.

Grief is as contagious as a yawn.

There is, apparently, some law of nature decreeing that all home construction must double in its projected cost and take four times longer than originally anticipated.

People who've had happy childhoods are wonderful, but they're bland... An unhappy childhood compels you to use your imagination to create a world in which you can be happy. Use your old grief. That's the gift you're given.

The struggle is what teaches you.