Of course, I didn't imagine then that I could have had a real relationship with any guy. I thought that by virtue of being me I was disqualified.

When you are a high school girl, there is nothing more miraculous than a high school boy.

There are people we treat wrong and later, we're prepared to treat other people right.

If a man wants to be romantically involved with you, he tries to kiss you. That's the entire story, and if he doesn't kiss you, there is never a reason to wait around for him.

The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.

I gave people the benefit of the doubt, thinking, so many people that appear very calm and even boring must have all these wild emotions and crazy ideas.

We have to make mistakes, its how we learn compassion for others