“We threw ourselves at that wild river every day and most days it tossed us all harmlessly skyward like well-loved children. After a while that does something to you.”

“Live what you love.”

“Writing nonfiction means I tell people's stories for them, not because they're special but because we all are.”

“Who knows what's for true once a time is past? There's no way to prove how something was that's gone. And if a time is gone, what does it matter? It's all rain into rivers now.”

“They hang people for murder, and while I didn't exactly like Mummy, she was my mother after all. Though do they hang Viscountesses?”

“I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.”

“There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free. Don't miss so many of them.”