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.

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

Every single person that spent a few bucks to buy a book that I wrote deserves a big thank you from my whole family.

I don't care who the student is, teachers should never be condescending. That should be the first rule in the teacher handbook.

I'm afraid if I listen to my heart once, I'll never figure out how to ignore it again.

Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together

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.