“Safe is just another word for scared.”

“We're connected, as women. It's like a spiderweb. If one part of that web vibrates, if there's trouble, we all know it, but most of the time we're just too scared, or selfish, or insecure to help. But if we don't help each other, who will?”

“Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.”

“The word lethologica describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.”

“Whenever I would get too nosy as a child, my grandmother would say, "When you learn someone else's secret, your own secrets aren't safe. Dig up one, release them all.”

“No one should ever compromise the dignity of another human being.”

“The words were strung in the air like garland. She could almost see them.”