As I grow older, I think friendship between women is a thing to cherish.

They made small effort to cover their raw souls with the mantle of commonplace words.

In writing ... remember that the biggest stories are not written about wars, or about politics, or even murders. The biggest stories are written about the things which draw human beings closer together.

The facts of another's life do not illumine. Only when we know the heart can we know that life. Only the feeling that made the days can light them.

That's the worst of a war--you have to go on hearing about it so long.

I can't think of any sorrow in the world that a hot bath wouldn't help, just a little bit.

Hurts of childhood live on; in one form or other they are there to the end.