That,” she says, “was never here before.

if i have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over - only living with the mistakes you've made. but then, caleb taught me long ago you can't build anything without some sort of foundation. maybe we learn to live our lives by understanding, firsthand, how not to live them.

Any highway . . . they all take you to the same place, don't they?

And I think, not for the first time, that what is immoral is not always wrong.

For me it's more important that I outline all the facets of a controversial issue and let the reader make up his or her mind. I don't care if readers change their minds, but I would like readers to ask themselves why their opinion is what it is.

Lawyers were notorious for finding cases in the most unlikely places, especially ones with huge potential damagers awards.

History isn't about dates and places and wars. It's about the people who fill the spaces between them.