Nobody was ever replaced in life, no hole completely filled or loss totally healed. You didn't need a medical degree to know that the human body really wasn't stronger in the broken places. Like any bone, the cracks would always show if you looked hard enough.

Bad things are like waves. They're going to happen to you, and there's nothing you can do about it. They're part of life, like waves are a part of the ocean. If you're standing on the shoreline, you don't know when the waves are coming. But they'll come. You gotta make sure you get back to the surface, after every wave. That's all.

I still think I'm writing Nancy Drew with a mortgage.

I love the dignity in the name Philadelphia, but at heart, we're Philly.

Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire.

Because the thing about love is that we can't control whether we get it, but we can control whether we give it.

I am really, I think, truly an easygoing, positive, fun person.