I thought lightning wasn't supposed to strike in the same place twice....sure it does...but only if you're too dumb to move.

You know what I noticed when I was with Jacob? In your world, people can reach each other in an instant. There's the telephone, and the fax - and on the computer you can talk to someone all the way around the world. You've got people telling their secrets on TV talk shows, and magazines that publish pictures of movie stars trying to hide their homes. All those connections, but everyone there seems so lonely.

You came back fighting and furious at me. You told me you'd been looking for mermaids, and I interrupted you. [...] I said that next time, you had to take me with you." "Was there a next time?" "Well, you tell me, you don't need water to feel like you're drowning, do you?

I was one of the first authors to have an active website. I'm totally obsessed with technology. I'm always looking for ways to connect with my readers. I answer all my fan mail.

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

I think...she said finally, "that all of us have got our ghosts.

Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.