It is one of the strongest bonds, I think, that can spring up between people: sharing a passion for certain books and their authors..

I suppose that, after the passion of love, water rights have caused more trouble than anything else to the human species..

The fun-seekers, I noted, were spontaneous and flexible. They approached each day and each situation with a willingness to ride whatever wave came al….

I'm a woman in search on an adventure.

Mother loved the wind. When I was growing up, she would recite this poem to me. Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I, But when the trees bow down….

A letter is always better than a phone call. People write things in letters they would never say in person. They permit themselves to write down feel….

What is the purpose of memory? Is it a trick to make sure we don't forget who we are by reminding us of who we were?.

Going back to school is like going back in time. Immediately, for better or for worse, you must give up a little piece of your autonomy in order to b….

Freedom has its dangers as well as its joys. And the sooner we learn to get up after a fall, the better off we'll be..

Women would be better off when they no longer needed men more than they needed their own independent identities...How long a time it took me after my….

Women, I learned, adapted. At first..they seemed so fragile, so dependent on fathers and husbands and brothers and lovers. Gradually, though, I notic….

I suspected, however, that I wasn't homesick for anything I would find at home when I returned. The longing was for what I wouldn't find: the past an….

And who's to say that just because something lasts only a short time, it has little value?.