Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be short-lived.

But even she had figured out that there was no point giving up a great job and following him to the ends of the earth, when he simply refused to make any promises about, or even discuss, the future.

I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.

It's hard to make changes. Things get so comfortable and you don't want to move. Maybe it would do you good to be a little uncomfortable for a while, and do something different.

I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.

No man can take your freedom from you. They can limit your mobility, but that's about all they can do

So often people tell me: you got me through this, you've really helped me. And I never realized that part of what I do is that I give people hope.