Death is no enemy, but the foundation of gratitude, sympathy, and art. Of all life’s pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
Zilpah had little use for men, whom she described as hairy, crude, and half human. Women needed men to make babies and to move heavy objects, but otherwise she didn’t understand their purpose, much less appreciate their charms.
My world got very small, the way it always does when someone in your family is sick.
Weeping is terrible for the complexion,’ said Leonie, holding Shayndel close, ‘but it is very good for the heart.
[The sound of the wind] was just more proof that the workings of the world were random, that beauty, like suffering, was meaningless, that human life was as pointless as waves on sand.
Mind your business” had been the motto of her childhood. But now that seemed like a failing in a friend.
I would have stayed forever within the garden of Re-mose’s childhood, but time is a mother’s enemy.
The story it told was unremarkable: a tale of love found and lost- the oldest story in the world. The only story.
If you treat every question like you’ve never heard it before, your students feel like you respect them and everyone learns a lot more. Including the teacher.
I could not get my fill of looking.There should be a song for women to sing at this moment or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name that moment.
It’s a good thing babies don’t give you a lot of time to think. You fall in love with them and when you realize how much they love you back, life is very simple.
I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.
The more a daughter knows about the details of her mother’s life – without flinching or whining – the stronger the daughter.
Mort moved my ending to the beginning, took out all the adjectives, cut the whole thing in half, and made it one hundred percent better.’That’s how it’s done,’ he said. Best writing lesson I ever had.
It was one of those perfect fall days when the air is cool enough to wake you up but the sun is also kissing your face.