What she couldn't put into word was what had happened in between to change her from one person into the other

The world just feels different for those of us who come alive after dark. It's more fragile and unreal, a replica of the one everyone else inhabits.

The act of reading is a partnership. The author builds a house, but the reader makes it a home.

Traveling is all very well and good as long as you knew there is a place or person you can call home

People work too hard to figure out the meaning of their lives. Why me, why now. The truth is, sometimes things don't happen to you for a reason. Sometimes it's just about being in the right place at the right time for someone else.

We're [parents]) always bluffing, pretending we know best, when most of the time we're just praying we won't screw up too badly.

I believe that having something to hope for - even if it's just a better tomorrow- is the most powerful drug on this planet.