Food. Drink. Sleep. Books. They are all drugs.

“guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine”

“I do use husbands a bit (in books). It's what writers of this kind do, actually…”

“She could see that to lose a sibling was hard: it could only seem unnatural:out…”

“To do good to one is to do bad to another. But you don't need to hear my excuse…”