Some things have to be believed to be seen. -Ralph Hodgson

Lena realized that a fundamental layer of their happiness depended on the four of them being close to one another. Their lives were independent and full. Their friendship was only one aspect of their lives, but it seemed to give meaning to all the others.

Shy” was the sympathetic interpretation she got from older people. “Snotty” was the interpretation she got from people her own age.

I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.

I was supposed to write a romantic comedy, but my characters broke up.

What made you feel that stomach-churning agony for one person and not another? If Bridget were God, she would have made it against the law for you to feel that way about someone without them having to feel it for you right back.

She must have sensed she never really had him. That was a sadness of hers, he knew.