“The opening line of her last column was: You know you really dont fit in with the other housewives you meet when the only way you can contribute to a discussion about babies is by saying, Yes, that...”

“Sarah. She had thought they had thrown that bit of history into the trash, and the trash into the incinerator. But apparently Sarah had only been thrown into a plastic bag and left in the closet un...”

“She logged in and read a few of her old posts, smiling at the issues she had raged about and shaking her head at how some of the rants now seemed pretentious and judgmental. She had grown so much w...”

“But with each step she took, Mythili realized why most people dont go shopping alone. Its because this mind of ours gets pretty damn busy. It starts analyzing every little stimulus you receive. And...”

“A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love,often deciphered by children”

“The ideal-worker standard and norm of work devotion push mothers to the margins of economic life. And a society that marginalizes its mothers impoverishes its children. That is why the paradigmatic...”

“When God Created Mothers"When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of "overtime" when the angel appeared and said. "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one." And ...”

“It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.”

“It didn't matter that there was a war on our doorstep. She had things to do, places to be.”

“Stranger inside me, when you are born, I will give youa closed book and ask you never to read it, never rest, never forgive a man who wants to save you.”

“It's OK to be outspoken about your faith.”