Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them.

Writing is a way of living, a way of surviving, a way of fighting against the absurdity of existence.

If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.

You can't change what's already happened, so focus on the present moment.