I had nothing to fear from my father. Except his disappointment. Which was no small thing.

Choices are easy when you have nothing to lose.

What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.

Rain didn't make things messy. People did that all on their own.

Wolves go after a wounded deer, it is the nature of the beast.

You kids were all in college, and I suddenly saw that I was stuck alone with a man who, all those years later, was still wanting me to be someone I wasn't.

If you want to disappear, Emily, you can do it most anywhere.

I can't spend the rest of my life competing for your attention and coming in last.

Tombstones don´t list jobs, they list relationships-mother, wife, daughter.

I had nothing to fear from my father.Except his disappointment.Which was no small thing.

So, is it harder to dream about what you don´t have than to live in fear of losing what you do?

I don't like my language watered down, I don't like my edges rounded off.

Sometimes it's hard not to let other people's misery seep into your own bones.

The secret of life is love, but the purpose of life is happiness.

Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see.

There's many a good tune played by an old banjo.

Besides the soothing effect it has, I think my favorite part of writing is being able to use my imagination and creativity to make new ideas and people and situations come to life.

When I leave I always come right back here. The young spitter that everybody in rap fear.

stay as strong as you can and during the times you can't, let other people be strong for you.

The days of the digitals are numbered. The metaphor is built into them like a self-destruct mechanism.

The sincerity of feeling that is possible between a writer and a reader is one of the finest things I know.