The basket would never make her famous or end up in a museum. The best part of it was the making of it, sitting at the table weaving while outside the lake crashed into shore...

It was more that he did better being busy, keeping to a routine. It helped hold the black dogs of thought at bay. Also he had learned that a person could be happy with having...

Madeline knew how that was. So many people had ideas of what you should and shouldn’t do, but in the end you had to decide for yourself.

You know, people thought it was so sad that I gave up so much to take care of Emmy, but it wasn’t sad. It was love, it was life.