“When looking at her I imagine my childhood and I live it all over again. Having children is getting to live two lives.”

“No daughter and mother ever live apart, no matter what the distance between them.”

“I always want her to know she is loved. But I will make my own mistakes, I know. I can only hope that she will forgive me for those; forgiveness is all a parent can hope for.”

“I am so happy, to be your mama.”

“I couldn't imagine how i would get from here to there. i couldn't imagine living through a whole string of identical days.”

“There is nothing more powerful in the world than a naked woman.”

“Sometimes words are more powerful than guns. And sometimes silence is more powerful than words. It is the things that are not said that are important.”