Over his shoulder I saw a star fall. It was me.

It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.

Although I always said that I wanted to be a writer from childhood, I hadn't actually done much about it until I came to London.

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

That's how fossil hunting is: It takes over, like a hunger, and nothing else matters but what you find. And even when you find it, you still start looking again the next minute, because there might be something even better waiting.

Yes, well, life is a folly. If you live long enough, nothing is surprising.

You know I don’t listen to market gossip,” she began, “but it is hard not to hear it when my daughter’s name is mentioned.