Life goes quickly, doesn't it?
No, Edward. You are here so I can teach you something. All the people you meet here have one thing to teach you.
Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers.
Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.
Kids chase the love that eludes them, and for me, that was my father's love. He kept it tucked away, like papers in a briefcase. And I kept trying to get in there.
He almost told her everything right then, that very moment. But you grab a moment, or you let it pass. He let it pass.