I wonder if what makes a family a family isn't doing everything right all the time but, instead, giving a second chance to the people you love who do things wrong.

I realize then that we never have children, we receive them. And sometimes it’s not for quite as long as we would have expected or hoped. But it is still far better than never having had those children at all.

When we're awake, we see what we need to see. When we're asleep, we see what is really there.

The truth was, history repeated itself on a daily basis; mistakes were made over and over. People were haunted by what they had done, and by what they hadn't had time to do.

There's some illogical part of me that still believes if you want Superman to show up, first there's got to be someone worth saving.

I think there are crossroads in our lives when we make grand, sweeping decisions without even realizing it.

In Poland, for a while, my books all had cartoons on the cover. I trust my publishers in each country to know what works in their individual markets.