What makes a treasure a treasure." Marine replied, "is how rare a find it is, when you need it the most.

The question I hate the most is "How did you DO it - write novels and raise your children simultaneously!" I mean, do MALE authors get asked that??

I thought lightning wasn't supposed to strike in the same place twice....sure it does...but only if you're too dumb to move.

People have to experience things that terrify them. If they don't, how will they ever come to appreciate safety?

Love is not an equation, it is not a contract, and it is not a happy ending. Love is the slate under the chalk, the ground that buildings rise, and the oxygen in the air. It is the place you come back to, no matter where your headed

He smiles at me, and I am suddenly seventeen again - the year I realize that love doesn't follow the rules, the year I understood that nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable

There are some weapons you can't protect yourself against.