“You can go a surprisingly long time without figuring out the kind of person you are and in what direction your life is taking you.”

“It's my experience that you first feel the impulse to write in your chest. It's like falling in love, only more so. It feels like something criminal. It feels like unspeakably wild sex. So, think: When you feel the overpowering need to go out and find some unspeakably wild sex, do you rush to tell your mom about it?”

“Everyone in the world should read this book... We should read it to learn about the world and what it means to be human. ”

“Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version.”

“Wake up! Keep waking up! Wake up more and more often!”

“Sometimes you have to be a bad person to save yourself, and it takes a little chunk out of your soul, but you do it anyway.”

“Sisters, as you know, also have a unique relationship. This is the person who has known you your entire life, who should love you and stand by you no matter what, and yet it's your sister who knows exactly where to drive the knife to hurt you the most.”