The way I challenge myself is by writing something that really engages me, that doesn't have an easy answer, and isn't always an easy book to write.

I have always envied people who believe strongly in religion, people who could face a tragedy by praying and know that it would be all right. As unscientific as it seems, well, it would be nice to lay the responsibilities and pain on someone else's larger shoulders.

At home I was raped by a guy i thought I loved' Trixie said, because thats what it was to her and always would be.

Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they are blinded, instead, by the best interests of another one of their children, the system breaks down.

A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right.

sometimes words are not big enough to contain all the feelings you are trying to pour into them.

You have to understand what you’re missing before you can really feel a loss.