newborns reminded her of tiny buddhas

You know how every now and then, you have a moment where your whole life stretches out ahead of you like a forked road, and even as you choose one gritty path you've got your eyes on the other the whole time, certain that you're making a mistake.

The only way someone can leave you is if you let them.

Frankly, I wonder who Frank was, and why he has an adverb all to himself.

I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business of publishing with them.

Why are terms of endearment always food? Honey, cookie, sugar, pumpkin. Its not like caring about someone is enough to actually sustain you.

No matter what Joe Hoffman and Wade Preston say, it's not gender that makes a family; it's love. You don't need a mother and a father; you don't necessarily even need two parents. You just need someone who's got your back.