It's weird - sort of not terribly wise - to take a book that was successful and then change its cover.

My brother was born without taste or the desire to be professionally lit.

I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.

I love you," she said, and I knew she meant it because she spoke the words from the heart at the center of her chest. This, at least, had not been left behind at the hospital.

His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade

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.

Nobody's trying to kill you, Deirdre. You're killing yourself.