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.

You saved me," I said. Nathaniel put his hands on either side of my face. "I had to," he said. "So you could save me back.

When you care more if someone else lives than you do about yourself- is that what [love is]?

There's no way to convince her that just because you put half. planet between you and someone else, you can't drive that person out of your thoughts. Believe me. I've tried.

There are legions of us, I realized. The mothers who have broken babies, and spend the rest of our lives wondering if we should have spared them. And the mothers who have let their broken babies go, who look at our children and see instead the faces of the ones they never met.

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

Life can change in an instant.