“Nothing was a natural predator of productive fiction writing like the cell phone. Ditto the laptop. As she had well learned, the laptop could destroy a day.”

“One is never too young for fine literature . . .”

“...Every life contains a novel.”

“Every life contains a novel.”

“Clem rubbed at her face with her cuff and gave a quick, rueful smile. 'It's just so sad. It's the umpteenth time I've read it, and I will always think it will have a different ending. But it never ...”

“It is time to end a story that began in sorrow and ordeal and has ended in a deep and lasting happiness. May it be so for others.”

“If you want to be happy, work with all your heart.”

“I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.”

“I feel like Ive been split open and stuffed with sunshine.”