Guarantees are for major appliances, not for murder.

I'd made sure I knew his name. You shouldn't ask people to die for you if you don't at least know their name.

When you spend all your time worrying that the devil is right behind you, eventually you start seeing him whether he's there or not.

Therapy can get you only so far with exorcising your childhood nightmares; after that it's willpower, and you, and people you can trust to hold your hand along the way.

Silk didn't care if it slid over scars or smooth, untouched skin. I'd earned my right to be paranoid.

I will love you always. When this red hair is white, I will still love you. When the smooth softness of youth is replaced by the delicate softness of age, I will still want to touch your skin. When your face is full of the lines of every smile you have ever smiled, of every surprise I have seen flash through your eyes, when every tear you have ever cried has left its mark upon your face,I will treasure you all the more, because I was there to see it all. I will share your life with you, Meredith, and I will love you until the last breath leaves your body or mine.

By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips.