I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now.

We live inside our parents' backstory.

Because I write realistic fiction, I generally don't think about fixing anyone - I just think about how I want to feel at the end of the book - And I try to write toward that feeling.

People are going to judge you all the time no matter what you do...Don't worry about other people. Worry about you.

My favorite reader is one that revisits books and gets something new out of them each time.

I'm always wondering if he'll return. Sometimes I pray that he doesn't. And sometimes I hope he will. I wish on falling stars and eyelashes. Absence isn't solid the way death is. It's fluid, like language. And it hurts so much...so, so much.

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