Did you ever think that maybe what you see isn't really what's true?

What she couldn't put into word was what had happened in between to change her from one person into the other

When we're awake, we see what we need to see. When we're asleep, we see what is really there.

Just because fate had thrown another obstacle in my way didn't mean I had to give up my dreams.

Torn between fear and something that resembled love, she wrestled with questions she never dreamed she would face: How could she leave? Then again, how could she stay?

I don't believe in writer's block. Think about it - when you were blocked in college and had to write a paper, didn't it always manage to fix itself the night before the paper was due? Writer's block is having too much time on your hands.

Teachers deserve respect," I explain. "Why do they get it for free, when everyone else has to earn it?