I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three million copies in the States alone. I strongly feel that, as a novelist, you have a platform and the ability to change people's minds.

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

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.

Eric understands that the world is rarelythe way it is supposed to be. And he knows that, given the chance, we don't have to wait for someone to make messes of our lives. We do a good enough job, ourselves.

But sometimes, in order to win, you have to make sacrifices.

When you have been burned by fire once, you don't leap into the flames again.

My brother believed in all sorts of mythical creatures: pixies, dragons, werewolves, honest men.