A real friend isn't capable of feeling sorry for you.

Here are the things I know for sure: When you think you're right, you are most likely wrong. Things that break - be they bones, hearts, or promises - can be put back together but will never really be whole. And, in spite of what I said, you can miss a person you've never known. I learn this over and over again.

Some women are meant to change the world while others are meant to hold it together.

He rises over me, a second sun, and fills me with light and heat.

The act of reading is a partnership. The author builds a house, but the reader makes it a home.

You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

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.