So this is always the key: you have to write the book you love, the book that's alive in your heart. That's the one you have to write.

Sisters are made by living everyday with each other and wearing each other down until the rough spots are smooth. They're made by sharing secrets you'd never tell mom, and out of doing things for each other just because you feel like it, not because you have to. I guess you could say sisters are 'grown,' not manufactured, in a very special place called a family.

Nobody gets to pick their time to die, but living every day to the max is something we all get to do.

In truth, how much time do any of us really have?

We all didn't come into to the world at the same time so it makes sense that we don't leave it at the same time.

When my grandmother was alive, she used to tell me that every time God creates a soul in heaven, he creates another to become its special mate. And that once we're born, we begin our search for our soul mate, the one person who's the perfect fit for our mind and body. They lucky oens find each other.

Pain and suffering are the soil of strength and courage.