“Don't go chasin'waterfalls,stIck to the rivers and lakes that you're used to”

“If you're going to carry a dagger, you need to learn to use it."I frowned at him. "I know how to use it. I stick the pointy end in things I don't like.”

“All of writing is a huge lake. There are great rivers that feed the lake, like Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky. And then there are mere trickles, like Jean Rhys. All that matters is feeding the lake. I don't matter. The lake matters. You must keep feeding the lake.”

“Don't let criticism be the dam that turns your raging river of enthusiasm into a complacent lake of indifference~”

“Discipline, Norah. If you're going to taunt them, remember to stick out your tongue.”

“It is never too late to go quietly to our lakes, rivers, oceans, even our small streams, and say to the sea gulls, the great blue herons, the bald eagles, the salmon, that we are sorry.”