I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally. I've learned a lot of things about the characters I write from people who read about them. Readers expand them in ways I don't think of and take them to places I can't go.

What if people knew they were recycled? Would that change anything?

Hey," he said. "It's someday." He said the last word in Greek.

I killed her once and died for her many times and I still have nothing to show for it. I always search for her ; I always remember her. I carry the hope that someday she will remember me.

Carmen was bad at loving. She loved too hard.

No matter how far back you cut a willow tree, it will never really die.

Don't ask me any questions right now. I'm grumpy and I'll probablly make fun of you. -Effie Kaligaris