People do sometimes change, of course. Habits, allegiances, dreams are all alterable, but only under extraordinary pressure - like great love, fear, ….

People Should not be protected from the world.. -It cripples them..

You can't drown yourself that simply. All good suicides involve speed and irreversibility, because the body will always move to protect itself agains….

sharing is the secret of civilization..

But the moods could be contagious. He didn't need one right now..

When people say they are happy for you it may mean they are sad for themselves..

Like most good looking women, she was never sure of her beauty, and had to keep checking on it, to make sure it was still there..

You know a relationship has deteriorated past the point of salvage when one person detests another's gestures..

I read Butterfly’s Child in one day, totally hooked. It is a captivating novel of love, guilt, sin, justice—and how all these things are, in time, tr….

How I Shed My Skin is, simply put, a brilliant book. While I was reading, I kept thinking two things. One, this is totally shocking. Two, it's not at….

You must be the greatest mother in the world, but you must also, simultaneously, withdraw from your children's lives. You don't want to be the major ….

Bobbie Ann Mason's genius only grows stronger and wiser and funnier with every new book, and Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail is my absolute favorite so ….