Most loves don't last. But some do.

I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer because it's the only apprenticeship we have, it's the only way of learning how to write a story.

That didn’t happen, of course. Things never happened the way I imagined them.

The beautiful thing about driving was that it stole just enough of his attention - car parked on the side, maybe a cop, slow to speed limit, time to pass this sixteen-wheeler, turn signal, check rearview, crane neck to check blind spot and yes, okay, left lane.

I tried to tell myself that it could be worse, that the world was not a wish-granting factory, that I was living with cancer not dying of it, that I mustn't let it kill me before it kills me.

feeling - probably for the first time in my life - the fear and excitement of living in a place where you never know what's going to happen or when.

We have bottled all the stars this evening, my young friend.