Even the most beautiful things can be toxic.

Did you ever wonder if the person in the picture is the same one you see when you look in the mirror?" - "That's the eternal question, isn't it? Are we born who we are, or do we make ourselves that way?

People change, but only if you give them room to do it.

I don't have to live the lives of my characters to write about them. It's about really putting yourself in their shoes.

Anna is the only proof I have that I was born into this family. Instead of dropped off on the doorstep by some Bonnie and Clyde couple that ran off into the night. On the surface, we’re polar opposites. Under the skin, though, we’re the same: people think they know what they’re getting, and they’re always wrong. (Jesse)

The cost of growth is always a small act of violence.

But there is a different between mending someone who's broken and finding someone who makes you complete.