Hi,' I said, and I hugged her. I missed her more now that I actually had her in my arms than when I hadn't.

There's no such thing as a good book or a bad book. There's a book that matters to a reader.

The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von Trapps.

The tourists always seem to want something. On Thisby, it's less about wanting, and more about being." I wonder after I say it if he'll think I sound like have no drive or ambition.

I feel a strange, fierce squeeze in my heart when I see him, like pride, although there's nothing about Sean that I can take credit for.

that's because it's from the night, and the night keeps secrets

How long it takes us, each day, to know each other.