Matriarchy is a time-honored staple for any writer looking to invent an exotic society.

But coming to terms with one’s sorrow is one thing; sharing it with strangers is quite another.

There is no faster way to harden my determination than to assume I will fail at it.

One does not cease to treasure a gem simply because one owns another that is larger.

There is nothing in the world so enticing as that which you have been told you may not have.

I chose my pen name when I was ten, because I knew even then that my legal name would be more trouble than it was worth.

Families are like puzzles. They fit together in a certain way, and if one piece is missing, it throws everything off.

Mind your mind, soon, you will mine from it.

Charlotte made a promise to herself then and there: If I ever see someone fall, I'll ask if they're okay.

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

There's no image we can't improve.

There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender... identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results.

If you look up at the Milky Way through the eyes of Carl Sagan, you get a feeling in your chest of something greater than yourself. And it is. But it's not supernatural.

Talented people without discipline don't go anywhere.

My Master used to say, when a pitcher is being filled (by immersion), it gurgles, but when full, it is noiseless.