The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.

People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother's house. I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.

Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated. In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of the Tire of Pain.

Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.

All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by.

I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don't be afraid to shake it up.

But a child's joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son's laughter began to her heart, a feat she had never believed possible