We say very little, for we do not need to. We are silent together, each in her own world, knowing the other is just at her back.

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

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

I had walked along that street all my life, but had never been so aware that my back was to my home

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

So many (too many) books are published every year, and it seems everyone is writing a book. Perhaps we should all be reading more and writing less!

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.