You could care enough to keep a secret, but you could care enough to tell one, too.

People always ask, "How do you get in the mind of the teen reader?" I think all human beings have these common threads. We struggle with the same things. We desire love and attachment. We have to sort out how much we want to be attached and be independent, how we manage need and being needed and being hurt. These are things that begin when we're - how old? Then in those teen years we start to really feel them.

The most insane things can become normal if you have them around you long enough. A mind can’t seem to hold anything too crazy for too long without finding a way to make it seem normal.

We are thickly layered, page lying upon page, behind simple covers. And love - it is not the book itself, but the binding.

Maybe it was wrong, or maybe impossible, but I wanted the truth to be one thing. One solid thing.

Love can come when you're already who you are, when you're filled with you. Not when you look to someone else to fill the empty space.

I became a writer because I love books, and I believe in their power.