Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out of that house when I was a kid.

Intuition is seeing with the soul.

I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down is gold that probably don't write very well.

In this uncertain space between birth and death, especially here at the end of the world in Moonlight Bay, we need hope as surely as we need food and water, love and friendship.

Evil itself may be relentless. I will grant you that, but love is relentless too. Friendship is a relentless force. Family is a relentless force. Faith is relentless force. The human spirit is relentless, and the human heart outlasts - and can defeat - even the most relentless force of all, which is time.

Too many dogs continue to be abused and abandond - one is too many - and people continue to kill people for money and envy and no reason at all. Bad people succeed and good people fail, but that's not the end of the story. Miracles happen that nobody sees, and among us walk heroes who are never recognised, and people live in loneliness because they cannot believe they are loved

I always thought happiness was a choice and I always chose things that made me happy, and books were one of those.