Nobody gets to pick what life gives them

The stems stood tall and straight, one series arranged in a single line, the other in a crudely shaped heart, the final one in the shape of the letter U. I love you.

I created a character whose motives were pure and good and she was going to go out and save the whole world. But the truth is, you can't save the whole world, but you can save one. And that was the whole thrust of the novel - to save just one.

You don't know me, but I know about you...I can't make you live longer. I can't stop you from hurting. But I can give you one wish, as someone did for me.

You know not every book has to have a happy ending, but it has to have a satisfying ending.

If I can't wait for you at the end of an aisle on your wedding day, I'll wait for you in heaven.

When you're up against a superior enemy, sometimes it's okay to just bow out gracefully