The habit of getting up early, which I had formed when the children were young, now became my choice. I am not very bright or very witty or very inventive after the sun goes down.

Make a difference, does it? You stay the night here snake get you.

Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspapers, window signs—all the world had agreed that a blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll was what every girl child treasured

I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer - its dust and lowering skies.

Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.

Lonely was much better than alone.

Passion is never enough; neither is skill.