It's amazing how you don't realize just how alone and scared you were until you have someone by your side to support you.

I'm Tetris, Silas. All my pieces and parts are going to fit into all of your pieces and parts.

God gives us the ugliness so we don't take the beautiful things in life for granted.

When I published my first novel, Slammed, I included lyrics at the beginning of each chapter from one of my favorite bands, The Avett Brothers. The overwhelmingly positive response from readers to those lyrics really surprised me.

There are people you meet that you get to know, and then there are people you meet that you already know.

In reality, people are who they are and they'll never really change.

It's amazing how you don't realize just how alone and scared you were until you have someone by your side to support you.