The readers are the ones who let us live our dreams. I try to write books which are really compelling - that you'd take on vacation and rather than going out, you'd read in your hotel room because you had to find out what happened. Hopefully that's what readers are responding to.

Man plans. God laughs.

You want this so badly—this second chance, this chance at real redemption—that you can’t see the truth.

Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I ever knew real fear was the day Charlotte, my first child, was born. Suddenly there is someone in the world you care about more than anything.

Life may not always fall into neat chapters, and you may not always get the satisfying ending you're looking for, but sometimes a good explanation is all the rewrite you need.

Painful memories didn't just ease back in-they shoved the door open hard, all of them and all at once

I pretty much only wear Lilly Pulitzer ties because my best friend owns the company.