I know when something is too important to be decided by logic.

I suppose now I'm obliged to wish you happiness in your new life. Although happiness in the absence of indoor plumbing is a debatable concept.

Weddings are never about the bride and groom, weddings are public platforms for dysfunctional families.

I never take advice, good or bad. That would only encourage more of it.

Some people there's no getting over.

I had learned this lesson so many times before. It was the great inner truth that didn't require the support of logic. Every time I loved, I lost, and I was diminished. I wondered how much of me would be left after tomorrow.

I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught, but that relentless desire to write has to come from within.