Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy that. It's a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don't. Every day I sit down and write.

Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was.

Sometimes, all it takes to become human again is someone who can see you that way, no matter how you present on the surface.

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.

What if the one I choose to discount is one who has been truly hurt?

My first job was as an assistant in the local library. Self fulfilling prophecy?

That,” she says, “was never here before.