Maybe this was our last summer as best friends. I feel like something's going to change now and I'm not going to be able to change it back. —Margaret

I couldnt be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because Im pretty optimistic.

I think only once in your life do you find someone that you say, "Hey, this is the person I want to spend the rest of my time on this earth with." And if you miss it, or walk away from it, or even maybe, blink - it's gone.

I love slow readers. And readers who think about what I've written, think about how it's written - and copy me!

Keep on doing what you're doing.

Sometimes...you have to try to forget people you love just so you can keep living.

Mama says it's okay to be on the quiet side—if quiet means you're listening, watching, taking it all in.