I didn't know how...deep love ran, how it was in your blood, not your heart, and how that same blood pumped through your veins your whole life.

What good did it do to light the world on fire if she had to watch the glow alone?

Sometimes you simply made the wrong choice and you had to live with it. You could only change the future.

It’s a promise ring,” he said solemnly. “The lady at the store said it’s what you give the girl you love. It means I want to marry you someday.

The hallmark of my books is the relationships that define women's lives.

To lose love is a terrible thing. But to turn away from it is unbearable. Will you spend the rest of your life replaying it in your head? Wondering if you walked away too soon or too easily? Or if you'll ever love anyone that deeply again?

I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I'd like to be known.