I don't base my books on my life (thank goodness) and I don't pick the topic first. In fact, the topic picks me - via a question I can't answer as a mom, a wife, a woman, an American. I find myself wondering "What if..." and it blossoms into a whole novel.

if you tell yourself you feel fine, you will.

You can’t undo something that’s happened; you can’t take back a word that’s already been said out loud.

The best relationships were the ones where both sides went out of their way to make sure the other wasn't disappointed.

Polar north can't get away from a magnet; the magnet finds it, no matter what.

This isn't a lie, actually. I don't care why Edward left. All I really want to know is why I wasn't enough to make him stay.

It's just like nurses in a hospital tend to know more than the doctors most of the time; if you really want to get the answers to a question about court, you should spend more time buttering up the clerks than the judges.