Imagining and fantasizing did nothing but break her heart.

The more you try to simplify things the more you complicate them. You create rules, build walls, push people away, lie to yourself and ignore true feelings. That is not simplifying things.

Holly's theory about the army," Sharon explained. And what is it?" Denise asked, intrigued. Oh, that fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

Life... It's a great and terrible and short and endless thing. None of us come out of it alive.

That's the thing about lessons, you always learn them when you don't expect them or want them.

You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.' 'And yet it is still extremely funny.

I write my novels longhand. I love the feeling of writing; I love to see pen on paper. It feels more creative than typing, and it's a more visual process for me - I can picture the entire scene in my head and am merely writing what I see.