All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged -- after all, what's good enough for Jane Austen ought to…

- Mary Ann Shaffer

Naturally curly hair is a curse, and don't ever let anyone tell you different.

- Mary Ann Shaffer

Life goes on." What nonsense, I thought, of course it doesn't. It's death that goes on.

- Mary Ann Shaffer

The first rule of snooping is to come at it sideways.

- Mary Ann Shaffer

That's what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you to another book, and another bit ther…

- Mary Ann Shaffer

I hope, too, that my book will illuminate my belief that love of art - be it poetry, storytelling, painting, sculpture, or music - enables people to …

- Mary Ann Shaffer

My worries travel around in my head on their well worn path

- Mary Ann Shaffer

Humour is the best way to make the unbearable bearable.

- Mary Ann Shaffer

We read books, talked books, argued over books and became dearer and dearer to one another.

- Mary Ann Shaffer