If you had to pack your whole life into a suitcase-not just the practical things, like clothing, but the memories of the people you had lost and the girl you had once been-what would you take?

The best place to cry is on a mother's arms.

I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write these books, is just to say don't be so sure of yourself. Let me pull the carpet out from underneath you, and let's see if you can still find the footing.

If you don't know there's an alternative, you can't miss it

sometimes words are not big enough to contain all the feelings you are trying to pour into them.

You couldn't have strength without weakness, you couldn't have light without dark, you couldn't have love without loss

But then again, maybe bad things happen because it’s the only way we can keep remembering what good is supposed to look like.