My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.

“My teacher in first grade said that long ago people used to believe all kinds o…”

“Time is an optical illusion-- never quite as solid or strong as we think it is.”

“I sometimes wonder if it's just me, or if there are other women who figure out …”

“The scariest thing in the world is thinking someone you love is going to die.”