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

Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories.

I read everything of Ray Bradbury when I was 12 or 13, and I think that's the most effective time to read Bradbury. He built such a moral world, where you have to make decisions and grow up.

How could I have been so stupid to ignore everything I’d had in my life? The color red alone was worth kingdoms.

Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.

Those you love will not drown or burn. They will fly away.' ...'Now we both have people we love who are like birds. They have flown far from anything in this world that can hurt them. They're flying away still.

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