Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.
Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.
Sometimes it's hard to be a woman giving all your love to just one man.
There is no reciprocity. Men love women. Women love children. Children...
Loving, like prayer, is a power as well as a process. It’s curative....
The very essence of romance is uncertainty.