“I love you.I stared stupidly at him. Was he joking again, reciting another line from my story? I didnt remember writing this.He leaned in and kissed me. I didnt respond for a few seconds. My mind l...”

“Youve gone far away to a place with no horses and very little grass, and youre studying how to write a story with a happy ending. If you can write that ending for yourself, maybe you can come back.”

“Yes, I was good at reading people. I studied them so I could put them in my novels.”

“I love you.”I stared stupidly at him. Was he joking again, reciting another line from my story? I didn’t remember writing this.He leaned in and kissed me. I didn’t respond for a few seconds. My min...”

“Seek a slower, simpler life.”

“There is no such thing as escape after all, only an exchange of one set of difficulties for another. It wasn't Mark or the farm or marriage I was trying to shake loose from but my own imperfect sel...”

“Talking won't change it. But sometimes it was what she wanted most, to tell someone; often, though, she just wanted to escape those horrid feelings, to escape herself, so there was no pain, no fear...”

“In books and movies, all the loose ends are tired, things are resolved, mysteries are solved, they catch the killer, the boy gets the girl, a sick baby is miraculously healed. In reality it doesn't...”

“You make me want to do things Ive never done before. Never wanted to do before, she whispered.”

“I survived, but it's not a happy ending.”

“A Horse Lover's Guide To Music: Rock = Hoof Beats, Blues = Nostrils Flaring, Country = Pawing & Neighing, And You Could Keep Going...”

“It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”

“The horses suddenly began to neigh, protestingAgainst those who were drowning them in the ocean.The horses sank to the bottom, neighing, neighing.Until they had all gone down.That is all. Neverthel...”