Somebody once said to me that photography and writing don't get respect because people think that they can do it, too.

It would be hard for me to overestimate the importance of reading. Nothing can expand the mind and heart like the magic al world of books. .... Our libraries are an essential resource for our children, our communities, and our future.

Love is messy. If you really love someone, you can't avoid the pain. People die, people leave, things change, but sometimes it all works

And the worst thing she had heard were the words he hadn't said, the fact that he hadn't loved her.

You can have anything you want, if you go out and get it. If you claim it as your own. You have a right to it.

Motherhood is not for the faint-hearted. Frogs, skinned knees, and the insults of teenage girls are not meant for the wimpy.

This is fusion, when two people become one. They are so close and so well suited to each other that they blend together. They merge and can't live without each other after that.