A sailor may choose the wind to ride out of seaport, but the wind has a mind of it's own.

The cure for unhappiness...It's this: What a person needs is always more than they say.

All I can think is that when you torment a person...the soul dies. When the soul dies, I suppose mercy dies, too.

It seems to me that you won't have had a proper series of adventures, unless you've gone through thick and thin.

There are those who'd rob a blind man of his eyelashes if they could.

I took a deep breath. 'For you I've got something better than love.' What's that?' I...trust you.' Why?' You'll never hurt me.' Thank you.' But...' But, what?' I said, 'That means I'll hurt you.' Why?' 'Cause, like I said, you'll never hurt me back.

I try to write about complex issues--young people in an adult world-- full of irony and contradiction in a narrative style that relies heavily on suspense with a texture rich in emotion and imagery. I take a great deal of satisfaction in using popular forms-- the adventure, the mystery, the thriller-- so as to hold my reader with the sheer pleasure of a good story. At the same time I try to resolve my books with an ambiguity that compels engagement. In short, I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.