He sat down and collected his thoughts. They were quite easy to collect, because there weren't very many of them, and they all concerned the same subject--what a burden his life was.

Princess, princess, youngest daughter, Open up and let me in!Or else your promise by the waterIsn’t worth a rusty pin.Keep your promise, royal daughter, Open up and let me in!

Armed I am with love. Disarmed I am.

Moving is not about forgetting. It's about moving forward and never looking back.

Art has a voice - let it speak.

Knowing your HIV status is so important for your future health and that of your loved ones.

If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued.

I have been both overpraised and underpraised. I assume by the time I finish writing -- and I plan to go on writing until I'm 90 or gaga -- it will all equal itself out.

We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what is already there.

Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don't get to quit your day job.

The beginning of love is a horror of emptiness.