It could be kindness. Faith felt hollow at the thought. She had needed kindness before, and has received none. Now it was too late, and she did not know what to do with it.

For a tiny instant Faith wondered whether it would benefit the doctor's investigation if he experienced a cliff fall first-hand.

This is a battlefield, Faith! Women find themselves on battlefields, just as men do. We are given no weapons, and cannot be seen to fight. But fight we must, or perish.

Faith had always told herself that she was not like other ladies. But neither, it seemed, were other ladies.

She had needed kindness before, and had received none. Now it was too late, and she did not know what to do with it.

People were animals, and animals were nothing but teeth. You bit first, and you bit often, That was the only way to survive.

Silence itself could be used as deftly and cruelly as a kire

Somehow the sting of guilt was always more acute when there was a risk that she might get caught.

When at a young age you learn to face your fears, that makes the difference between people being champions and people not being champions.

A couple of times, I could have turned a trick. But I didn't want to start. I knew how it would play. When you started thinking it was easy, you were forgetting what it cost.

By the mid 1970s, the great downtown bookstores had begun to disappear as their customers migrated from city to suburb where population density was too thin to support major backlist retailers.

If I do go to the beach there have to be certain rules: it can't be a pebbly beach, there has to be some shade and there has to be a beach bar. I don't want to go off the beaten track.

We have to fight off the demons that have been hanging around suicide for centuries.

I'm very shy. I know it's weird for a person who models lingerie and swimsuits, but I don't like to be the center of attention!

Fifty-seven percent of Americans are do-it-yourselfers, craftspeople, and artisans and makers.

The real beauty in my professional experience has been friendships and collaborations with filmmakers.

If you can create harmony in your own life, This harmony will enter into the vast world.

Spending so much time on the road, I get to fart all the time. Then when it's, like, Thanksgiving dinner and I'm sitting with my grandmother, I can't fart for, like, two hours.