More than in any other human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly interruptible, responsive, and responsible

I know that I haven’t powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who creates.

Every woman who writes is a survivor.

That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.

It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. Better immersion than to live untouched.

Lighting does occasionally strike and occasional the result isn't a corpse.

It's hard for me to talk about the terrible things that have happened in my lifetime because they didn't need to be.