Lori Bamber

“When women age into their power, no wind can upset them, no hand turn aside their knowledge; no fact can deflect their point of view.”
― Louise Erdrich

“Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.”
― Garrison Keillor, We Are Still Married: Stories & Letters

“Albertine was one of those who took on too much in order to remain perpetually dissatisfied with herself.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Bingo Palace

“My love for the child asleep in the crib, the child's need for me, for my vigilance, had made my life valuable in a way that even the most abundantly offered love, my parents', my brother's, even Tom's, had failed to do. Love was required of me now--to be given, not merely to be sought and returned.”
― Alice McDermott, Someone