Was it hard? I hope she didn't die hard.'

Sethe shook her head. 'Soft as cream. Being alive was the hard part.

Birth, life, and death -- each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.

It's gonna hurt, now," said Amy. "anything dead coming back to life hurts.

The human body is robust. It can gather strength when it's in mortal danger.

I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man.

Schools must stop being holding pens to keep energetic young people off the job market and off the streets. We stretch puberty out a long, long time.