“Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun.”

“When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for ...”

“Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18.”

“At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.”

“Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.”

“Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going they merely want to know where everyone else has been. ”

“Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.”

“Oh, Sweetie. No one ever gets through their TBR list. For every book you finish, you'll add five more. That's just the way it works.”

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”