“There is no sound more peaceful than rain on the roof, if you're safe asleep in someone else's house.”

“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”

“I'm beginning to think that maybe it's not just how much you love someone. Maybe what matters is who you are when you're with them.”

“I write because I want to have more than one life.”

“People always call it luck when you’ve acted more sensibly than they have. ”

“At this moment (letting a breeze ripple through her fingers like warm water), Maggie felt that the entire business of time's passing was more than she could bear.”

“...apparently you grow to love whom you're handed.”