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.

It all depends on you. If you want it to be different,it will be different. Don't look at the world with your eyes but with your heart.

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

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.

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

There is a limit to how much a seer wishes to see.

I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.