Something still exists as long as there's someone around to remember it.

The more you get past pain, the more it goes from coal to diamond.

Gay teenagers are four times as likely to attempt suicide as straight ones. I wish they knew that there's nothing wrong with them; that they are just a different shade of normal.

Where you come from does matter -- but not nearly as much as where you are headed.

I think people do things all the time in the name of love that they shouldn't be doing - such is the nature of us.

I haven't run out of ideas yet. Usually while I'm working on a book, I'm doing research for the next one!

Rest easy, real mothers. The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means that you already are one.