“. . . when it comes down to it, thats what life is all about: showing up for the people you love, again and again, until you cant show up anymore.”

“. . . when it comes down to it, that’s what life is all about: showing up for the people you love, again and again, until you can’t show up anymore.”

“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.”

“The women looked from one to the other, knowing what the men didnt know. We knew the heartbeat and interior graces, compensation for our own clumsiness; the beatitude as we renounced our bodies, ou...”

“The condom broke. I know how stupid that sounds. It's the reproductive version of the dog ate my homework.”

“After a good roll in the hay, when hes all peaceful and serene and he hasnt a worry or a care in the world, and the euphoric calm of release is drifting through his cerebrum, thats when you broadsi...”