Violence up close has a smell. Like copper blood and charcoal burning.

I had absolutely no trauma in my childhood. If anyone ever assumed that my books were autobiographical, they'd be sorely disappointed, because none of these things happened to me.

you're not a bad person because you want to be yourself.

Things that break - be they bones, hearts, or promises - can be put back together but will never really be whole.

the letters are mixed up. U and I should be together.

I imagine having that sixth sense, the certainty that what I'm looking for is within reach, even if it's still hidden.

What she hadn't realized was that sometimes when your vision was that sharp and true, it could cut you. That only if you'd felt such fullness could you really understand the ache of being empty.