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

It was no coincidence, that fear could move a person to extremes, just as seamlessly as love. They were the conjoined twins of emotion: If you didn't know what was at stake to lose, you had nothing to fight for.

That's the strange thing about being a mother: until you have a baby, you don't even realize how much you were missing one

If you read the first page of one of my novels, I can guarantee that you will read the last one. This isn't just social commentary. This is also about writing good page-turners. I want people to keep reading.

true love is felonious… You take someone’s breath away… You rob them of the ability to utter a single word… You steal a heart.

There are millions of people in the world, and the spirits will see that most of them you never have to meet. But there are one or two you are tied to, and the spirits will cross you back and forth, threading so many knots until they catch and you finally get it right.

I loved Alex so much that it was easier to let him hurt me than to watch him hurt himself.