George Eliot

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

I'm sensitive and get easily upset and insulted.

I didn't really realize that writing... would be fun and people would pay you to do it. Being an astronaut is a glory profession, and so is writing, in a way.

I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.