Sometimes he felt sure that the key to happiness was a poor memory.

Gestating characters feels something like the mental equivalent of gestating a baby. In both cases, to create them you lose yourself. Or at least you reshape yourself to encompass them.

The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.

She'd loved him as much as he'd let her. More than he'd let her.

There was a moment in between, a moment flung free in the midst of the transition, when he made contact. That was the moment she would dwell on.

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

I look back on my 20s. It's supposed to be the prime of your life, the most vital, the most beautiful. But you're making your critical decisions and sometimes your most critical mistakes.