I reach for funny books all the time to help me get through life.

The best time to talk to ghosts is just before the sun comes up.

I am getting better at smiling when people expect it.

Cold and silence. Nothing quieter than snow. The sky screams to deliver it, a hundred banshees flying on the edge of the blizzard. But once the snow covers the ground, it hushes as still as my heart.

I like cheeseburgers too much to be a model.

A little kid asks my dad why that man is chopping down the tree. Dad: He's not chopping it down. He's saving it. Those branches were long dead from disease. All plants are like that. By cutting off the damage you make it possible for the tree to grow again. You watch - by the end of summer, this tree will be the strongest on the block.

You’re not dead, but you’re not alive, either. You’re a wintergirl.