You don't make a friend," Jacob said with a scowl. "It's not like they come with directions like you'd find on a box of macaroni and cheese.

For me, every book is a journey - questioning a really difficult topic that most people don't want to talk about, much less write about. And that's what I need; that works for me as a writer.

But Katie knew it was a sin, had known from the moment she made the decision to lie with Adam. However, the transgression wasn't making love without the sanction of marriage. It was that for the first time in her life, Katie had put herself first. Put her own wants and needs above everything and everyone else.

There are some nights when you just want to know there's someone else besides you in this wide world.

When you think you're right, you're most likely wrong.

Talking out loud to fictional characters is just the tip of the iceberg.

anyone can understand anything. You just have to know how to present your information.