"They are the shoes of a woman with big feet, tired legs, bitter hopes. They are the shoes of someone who has stood all her life in line waiting for better things to come."
The Closet, p. 17

"The closet was but another valve leading to the many chambers of the house's heart, where I lived my other life, with its own separate heartbeat."
The Closet, p. 32

"The dishes were token of inaccessible and indecipherable emotions known only to my Mother. As I stared into those crystalline plates embossed with streams of invisible words, how little I understood the sublime fluctuations of my Mother's heart."
Evening in Paris, p. 44

"Going back is going forward. It is better to give than to receive. All the familiar boring lessons are, after all, true."
Evening in Paris, p. 45

"I caught a glimpse of someone strong, full of great beauty, power, clear words...