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

Jill and I have known each other our whole lives. One house separates our houses but we act as if it doesn't exist. We met before we were born and we'll probably still know each other after we die. At least, that's the way we're planning it.

She didn't like being twelve. It felt like someplace between who she'd been and who she was about to be. It felt like no place at all.

Young people believe that regret is something you will never feel if you simply do as you please, but sometimes it is a matter of degree.

Margaret thought of all she knew for certain, that day would always follow night that love was never wasted nor was it lost.

I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real.... Once I got to my desk, once I started writing, I still believed anything was possible.

It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.