Love was that way. You could not render it in black or white. It always came down to the strange, blended shades of grey.

I don't believe in writer's block. Think about it - when you were blocked in college and had to write a paper, didn't it always manage to fix itself the night before the paper was due? Writer's block is having too much time on your hands.

It was the first time she'd discovered something she really didn't want to find, and she didn't know what to do once she'd found it.

I think we deserve a happily-ever-after." "If anyone ever did, it's us.

Sometimes it made her want to put her fist through glass; other times, it made her cry a river.

Things don't always look as they seem.

The apple . . . came before Adam and Eve in the story of creation. It had to have been there at least three years because that's how long it takes for a new tree to bear fruit.