Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.

The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that.

In my opinion, trying to guess what readers want is the wrong approach. You have to tell your story as best you can and as true to yourself as possible. You have to be honest and fair and vulnerable and foolish and brave, and not care what anyone thinks of it.

God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.

If you had weak eyes, they needed exercise to get strong. Glasses were like crutches. They prevented people with feeble eyes from seeing the world on their own.

Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten, you'll still have your stars.

If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one.