Novels Arise Out Of The Shortcomings Of

I'm More Interested In Books Than People, And I Always Expect Everybody Else To Be, But They're Not.

I Grew Up With That Completely Fictive Idea Of Motherhood, Where The Mother Never Strayed From The Kitchen. All The Women In My Books Are Very Afraid That If They Do Anything With Their Minds They Won't Be Complete Women. I Don't Think My Daughters' Generation Has That Feeling.

Harm Can Come About Without Will Or Action. But Will And Action Can Avert Harm.

He Felt Changed, But There Was No One To Tell.

She Was A Logical Child, As Far As Children Go. She Did Not Understand How Such A Nice, Kind, Good God As The One They Preyed To, Could Condemn The Whole Earth For Sinfulness And Flood It, Or Condemn His Only Son To A Disgusting Death On Behalf Of Everyone. This Death Did Not Seem To Have Done Much Good.