I read a lot of science books - I love cosmology, quantum theory, particle physics. So my idea of a great read would probably put you directly into a coma.

Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen.

There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody.

Throwing things horrified me. I suffered extreme, paralyzing anxiety when it came to anything remotely athletic. I wouldn't even run to catch the school bus because I knew I'd trip and then get teased for a year.

I hate news and information and anything that threatens to puncture the bubble of oblivion in which I live.

You have an incredible body." He reaches out to touch my stomach. I feel no pleasure in his compliment or his touch, only impatience. This is the only feeling. I feel like the paper on which my mood chart is printed.

and she's a nurse. do you know how hard nursing school is? it's like medical school. so she's obviously smart.