"My mother died of metastatic colorectal cancer shortly before three P.M. on Christmas Day of 2008. I don't know the exact time of her death, because none of us thought to look at a clock for a while after she stopped breathing."

"But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so many of the freshly bereaved end up feeling even more alone."

"Grief is a bad moon, a sleeper wave. It's like having an inner combatant, a saboteur who, at the slightest change in the sunlight, or at the first notes of a jingle for a dog food commercial, will flick the memory switch, bringing tears to your eyes."

"My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures."

"I'm tired of Love: I'm still more tired of Rhyme. But Money gives me pleasure allthe time."

"Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!"

"There's a fundamental difference, if you look into the future, of a humanity that is a space-faring civilization."

"I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical."