They Were Bound For College, Husbands, Child-rearing,

That's The Way I Will Write Characters, Put A Fair Amount Of Myself In Them, And Then Everyone Else Who Was Like That Person, I Will Pick And Choose.

You Never Get Over It, But You Get To Where It Doesn't Bother You So Much.

On Their Best Days, Writers All Over The World Are Winning Pulitzers, All Alone In Their Studios, With No One Watching.

But, Like Anyone In Love, Madeleine Believed That Her Own Relationship Was Different From Every Other Relationship, Immune From Typical Problems.

The Trees Like Lungs Filling With Air. My Sister, The Mean One, Pulling My Hair.