Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold.

All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are

I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.

He was in love, and people in that condition did stupid, unfathomable things. They were all flawed, every single one.

I always quit at three when my kids come home from school so I feel pretty spoiled

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

Real love, after all, was worth the price you paid, however briefly it might last.