"I said, I like my life. If I have to give it back, if they take it from me, let me only not feel I wasted any, let me…"

"The noise from outside broke loud and sudden, as if somebody had begun cutting a superhighway through the woods. Dina…"

"We are past the point where critics, whether reviewing a few poetry books in the London Times or New York Times, or f…"

"Good work in a field breeds interest and makes room for more good practitioners. We are not rivals but workers buildi…"

"Like species, couples die out or evolve."

"Like many women, Daria both loved her mother and prayed not to become her. Often Daria felt helpless before her mothe…"

"Live as if you liked yourself, and it may happen: reach out, keep reaching out, keep bringing in."

"Doorways are sacred to women for we are the doorways of life and we must choose what comes in and what goes out."

"No, thanks." Vida placed her hand over the top of the tulip-shaped wineglass. "No more for me. Thank you." "This is a…"

"I would like it if those who were active at the time I am writing about find in Vida something that brings back the e…"