“Far too many people opened their hearts and lives at the drop of a hat. Why give someone that power over you? Why endow them with the ability to hurt you that much? Let someone in and you were aski...”

“That's what came from having romance in your soul. You believe in things like love at first sight and perfect presents.”

“The only thing for it is to use men for sex and never let any of them get so close they could hurt you.”

“Share too much and someone can hurt you.”

“Every second counts”

“If things go wrong, you don't have to accept you made a bum decision.”

“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.”