You can't dispute the ridiculous. You can't argue reasonably with evil.

In losing a friend, she is reminded of all she has lost and all she stands to lose again. There is nothing to be done to make it any easier. We all grieve alone.

I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I’d be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am.

I never see a novel as a film while I'm writing it. Mostly because novels and films are so different, and I'm such an internal novelist

This day is going to be awful. It's the sort of day you wouldn't mind losing completely, even if it meant your life would be twenty-four hours shorter.

Outside, the September air was enticingly fragrant, yellow with pollen and rich, lemony sunlight.

She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It was a talent, as it was a curse.