People just make stupid mistakes. And they keep making them and keep making them, and suddenly they can't dig themselves out.

Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.

If you're a smart guy, you should really try to find out what women are thinking. I mean, we are 51 percent of the population.

I can’t—” Lena repeated. “I can’t do it. I can’t live without him.” Sara gently pulled her hand away from Jared’s. She smoothed down the sheet, tucked it in close around his side. She looked at Lena—really looked at her straight in the eye. “Good,” Sara told her. “Now you know how it feels.

Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.

I'm sold as a literary writer in Holland; I'm sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature.

Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school.