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.

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

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.

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

Say something worth the words.

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

You're so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes.