When she kissed him, he melted like a lump of milk chocolate.

Any life is lived in a particular time and place. Every life is impacted by the family's socio-economic circumstances, and, in later life, by the person's.

Troubles cured you salty as a country ham, smoky to the taste, thick-skinned and tender inside.

It hurts to love wide open stretching the muscles... It hurts to thwart the reflexes of grab, of clutch; to love and let go again and again.

I never thought of myself as explaining cats in general. I simply viewed the cats I have known as characters in my life, often as quirky and complex as the humans with whom I have spent time.

Suspense is one of the ways you persuade a reader to become engaged and stay engaged with your work.

Where I came from, the nights I had wandered and survived scared them, and where I would go they never imagined.