Fiction allows for moral questioning, but through the back door. Personally, I like books that make you think - books you're still wondering about three days after you finish them; books you hand to a friend and say "Read this, so we can talk about it."

But there is a different between mending someone who's broken and finding someone who makes you complete.

Some lessons can't be taught, they simply have to be learned.

He is dark and quiet and completely different from me, which is exactly why I should put distance between us. But it is also the reason I find him so fascinating.

I think many of my books, including "Handle with Care," including "My Sister's Keeper" circle back to how far are we willing to go for the people we love? I think love changes the way we think. It's the thing that takes you out of what your normal set of beliefs would be.

If I have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over- only living with the mistakes you've made.

It takes two people to make a friendship work