And if your parents have you for a reason, then that reason better exist. Because once it's gone, so are you.

When I was little, the great mystery to me was not how babies were made, but why?

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.

Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract. And sometimes, because we have to.

Whether or not you believe in Fate comes down to one thing: who do you blame when something goes wrong.

Can you imagine what it would be like to know that your life was just going to be a series of days that were all the same, that were do-overs?

A dutiful mother is someone who follows every step her child makes...And a good mother is someone whose child wants to follow her.