If words could break souls, my words just broke his in two.

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.

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

It's amazing how much distance one truth can create between two people.

It's not a confession if no one reads it. It's just an unshared secret.

It's crap that you're letting on bad year determine your fate for the rest of your life.

You're incredibly brave. And you're going to make it through this because you have a very strong heart. A heart that is capable of loving so much about life and people in a way you never dreamt a heart could love. And you're beautiful in here. Your heart is so beautiful and someday someone is going to love that heart like it deserves to be loved.