I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's just tragic.

When someone stabs you it's not your fault that you feel pain.

What did falling in love do for you? Can you ever really explain it? It filled empty spaces I never knew were empty. It cured a loneliness I never knew I had. It gave me joy. And freedom. I think that was the most amazing part. I suddenly felt both embraced and freed at the same time.

He tried to let her know it would be all right. Eventually. Life wouldn't always be this painful. The world wouldn't always be this brutal. Give it time, little one. Give it another chance. Come back.

Few things are better in the world than a room full of librarians. I consider them literary heroes. The keepers and defenders of the written word.

How much more courage it took to be kind than to be cruel.

Life is change. If you aren't growing and evolving, you're standing still, and the rest of the world is surging ahead.