It was not a house where secrets could be kept easily.

I didn't move. I've learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if you stay where you are.

The sign of a masterpiece: A painting when there's a lack of resolution.

Jane Austen easily used half a page describing someone else's eyes; she would not appreciate summarizing her reading tastes in ten titles.

I have spent my life waiting for something to happen,’ she said. ‘And I have come to understand that nothing will. Or it already has, and I blinked during that moment and it's gone. I don't know which is worse — to have missed it or to know there is nothing to miss.’ Falling Angels

I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed.

Don't write about what you know - write about what you're interested in. Don't write about yourself - you aren't as interesting as you think.