A son ain't what a woman say. A son is what a man do.

There's a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises.... If you write for life, you'll work hard; you'll do what's honest, not what pays

He leans over and takes her hand. With the other he touches her face. ‘You your best thing, Sethe. You are.’ His holding fingers are holding hers. ‘Me? Me?

Isolation, you know, carries the seeds of its own destruction because as times change, other things seep in.

Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It's not having no responsibilitie s; it's choosing the ones you want.

Love is never any better than the lover.

I don't know whether the bird you are holding is dead or alive, but what I do know is that it is in your hands. It is in your hands.