The girls show more skin these days, but I think, generally, they behave the same way as when I was growing up.

When I meet other parents and they're more 'mumsy' than I am - you know, I don't want to be 'mumsy,' but I'm like, 'Were you always like that or... what happened?

the garbage cans and mailboxes on the sidewalk would stay the same, but the people would be just a beautiful blur of motion.

You know you love me. Xoxo, GossipGirl.

Give a girl a boyfriend and she becomes a total expert on relationships

I always resented books that tried to teach a lesson, where the characters are too good: They don't swear, they tell their mothers everything.

the only way to tolerate the thought of her mother sleeping with that man was to get drunk-very drunk.