“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.”
“I agree that two times two makes four is an excellent thing; but if we are dispensing praise, then two times two makes five is sometimes a most charming little thing as well.”
“He's a hot bath, a short breath, five days of summer pressed into five fingers writing stories on my body.”
“Love. The opposite of fear is love, and every minute of every day, we choose between the two.”
“If you are not so compassionate as to dine to-day with Louisa and me, we shall be in danger of hating each other for the rest of our lives, for a whole day's tête-à-tête between two women can never end without a quarrel.”
“Sometimes you can write about a character's day in under a minute and sometimes it takes a day just to write about a minute.”