the pain of that first lost was still raw. You could deal with it, endure it, but never escape it.

A woman will forget that a man is male, if they are good enough friends, but men rarely forget that a woman is feminine.

she was just that shiver that makes you walk faster at night. You don't know why you do it, but some part of you remembers that the dark is never really empty. ~Anita

I looked at Micah, who shrugged. I looked at Rafael, who shook his head. Nice that none of us knew why he was undressing.

When I was younger, I'd wanted someone to promise me that things would work out and nothing bad would ever happen again. But I understood now that that was a child's wish. No one could promise that. No one. The grown-ups could try, but they couldn't promise, not and mean it.

I've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually.

Magic, if that was the right word, often rises and falls on your own belief in your abilities. I've seen very powerful people completely crippled by self-doubt.