No Pain Is Too Small If It

Looking After Children Can Be A Subtle Way Of Giving Up... They Become The Whole Ones, The Well Ones, The Postponement Of Happiness, The Ones Who Won't Drink Too Much, Give Up, Get Divorced, Become Mentally Ill. The Part Of Oneself That's Fighting Against Decay And Depression Is Transferred To Guarding Them From Decay And Depression. In The Meantime One Decays And Gets Depressed.

No Pain Is Too Small If It Hurts, But Any Pain Is Too Big If It's Cherished.

The Whole Melrose Series Is An Attempt To Tell The Truth, And Is Based On The Idea That There Is Some Salutary Or Liberating Power In Telling The Truth.

The First Book I Fell In Love With Was 'little Toot,' The Story Of An Adorable Tugboat Operating Out Of New York Harbor.

Everything Was Usual. That Was Depression: Being Stuck, Clinging To An Out-of-date Version Of Oneself.