He stepped off the pavement like a man jumping off a bridge, as calm as a swimmer with an ocean out below. Lucy had known what he was going to do the instant their eyes met. She'd know what he intended because she would have done the very same thing if she'd had his courage. Nothing was going to break his fall.

Certain things need not be said, and there’s nothing, not a whisper, prayer, not a sacrifice, not a payment of any price, that would change what’s about to happen.

My mother's blood that would last forever after. The blood of my brother, my grandfather, my father.

It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you.

I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes.

After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction

Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.