In the end, your past is not my past and your truth is not my truth and your solution - is not my solution.

In a whisper he began begging for—and, as the sun set, received—the concession people always beg for: a little more time.

The golden age of Luncheon Vouchers ended ten yearsago. For ten years Mickey had been saying, "The goldenage of Luncheon Vouchers is over." And that's what Archieloved about O'Connell's. Everything was remembered,nothing was lost. History was never revised orreinterpreted, adapted or whitewashed. It was as solid andas simple as the encrusted egg on the clock.

You're a library of me.

Most of the cruelty in the world is just misplaced energy.

She did what girls generally do when they don't feel the part: she dressed it instead.

Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.