"I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974." The Silver Spoon, pg. 3
"The timing of the thing had to be just so in order for me to become the person I am. Delay the act by an hour and you can change the gene selection." The Silver Spoon, pg.11
"And then Desdemona was back, taking a different angle: 'God decides what baby is. Not you...'" The Silver Spoon, pg. 19
"Five minutes old, and already the themes of my life - chance and sex - announced themselves." Home Movies, pg. 216
"I've never had the right words to describe my life, and now that I've entered my story, I need.....
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