My parents never said it. They thought you shouldn't wear out the words

There's nothing worse than breaking a promise to someone who cares about you.

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.

His quiet certainty made the ground beneath my feet feel solid. Like someday everything might actually be okay.

I like pessimists. They’re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat.

Evie ” came his faint whisper “I’m going to your mother see…she’s got ’em to leave a back door open…so I can steal into ’eaven.

Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible.