We can't control what people do or say, even if it's dumb.

Let's talk about a decision that women have to make every morning- Big purse or little purse?

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.

You can really help support a character if you understand the setting. So for that reason I generally write about Philadelphia.

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

Do you know what they call people who hoard books? Smart.

There was no known cure for a Catholic education.