It has an L on it. L for love. See? It's the key to the universe, Dad. You said you were looking for it. You told Mom you were. I found it for you so you don't have to look anymore. So you can come home at night.

Bravery is feeling fear but doing the thing anyway.

Why do you write?' Because I love words and stories so much. Because I would be grief stricken every day of my life if I couldn't write. Because I'm obsessed and compelled. Because I'd be utterly useless at anything else.

She's got a big belt around her hips. It has a shiny buckle with PRADA on it, which is Italian for insecure.

I just love historical fiction.

Namaste. It was a Nepalese greeting. It meant: The light within me bows to the light within you.

There is only one thing I fear now-love. For I have seen it and I have felt it and I know that it is love, not death, that undoes us.