I wonder if the conversations you've never had with someone count, if you've been over them a thousand times in your mind.

It was possible that a miracle was not something that happened to you, but rather something that didn’t.

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

It is always hardest for me to write a book that has kids in it close to my kids' ages. It is always hardest for me to write a book that has kids in it close to my kids' ages.

Nobody, who looks at a shard of flint lying beneath a rock ledge, or who finds a splintered log by the side of the road would ever find magic in their solitude. But in the right circumstances, if you bring them together, you can start a fire that consumes the world.

I know what it's like to start something and have it suddenly grow out of control. And you want to get rid of it, because it's hurting you and everyone else around you, but every time you try to do that, it consumes you again.

People change, but only if you give them room to do it.