I know that the first person I kissed won't be nearly as important as the last person I kiss.

I started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got to sit in front of a computer. Now, when I have more time, I function the same way: if it's writing time, I write.

Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.

What if it turns out that a life isn’t defined by who you belong to or where you came from, by what you wished for or whom you’ve lost, but instead by the moments you spend getting from each of these places to the next?

There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because your misfortune brought them one rung higher.

The music we listen to may not define who we are. But it’s a damn good start.

Life was what happened when all the what-ifs didn't.