To Be A Classic, A Novel Should

There Are Only Two Periods In A Woman's Life When She Hopes To Be Taken For Older Than She Is, Under Sixteen And Over Ninety.

Eunice Parchman Killed The Coverdale Family Because She Could Not Read Or Write.

Some Say Life Is The Thing, But I Prefer Reading.

Growing Old Is Not All Sweetness And Light. Old Women Especially Are Invisible.

I Really Do Literally Put Myself Into A Character's Shoes.