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

But I think half the battle is figuring out what works for you, and I am much better at being a mother than I ever would have been as a lawyer. I sometimes wonder if it is just me, or if there are other women who figure out where they are supposed to be by going nowhere." - My Sister's Keeper

Even though it hurt, there are kinds of pain you couldn't speak out loud.

In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises.

Once, I asked my mom why stars shine. She said they were night-lights, so the angels could find their way around in Heaven. But when I asked my dad, he started talking about gas, and somehow I put it all together and figured that the food God served caused multiple trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night.

Well I talk a little about that, but I don't admit that from the beginning I knew we were not meant to be together.

I don't have to live the lives of my characters to write about them. It's about really putting yourself in their shoes.