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

I will probably always cry myself to sleep, but knowing this, someday the tears won't be sad, or filled with regret. Maybe they will be joyful

I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.

I even love the smell of books.

Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.

And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service. It's service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.

You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.