I want to be with you as much as possible, Ronnie. You're smart and funny and you're honest. I trust you. I trust us. Yeah, I'm leaving and you're going back home. But neither of those things changes the way I feel about you. And my feelings aren't going to change simply because I'm going to Vanderbilt. I love you more than I've ever loved anyone.

Women had a tendency to see what they wanted to see i men, at least in the beginning

You're a wonderful person, Jamie. You're beautiful, you're kind, you're gentle...you're everything that I'd like to be. If people don't like you, or they think you're strange, then that's their problem.

What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.

Maybe I’d like to be defined by what I am.

Experience had taught me that even the most precious memories fade with the passage of time.

Say I'm a bird! Say it! Say it now!" "You're a bird." "Now say you're a bird too." "If you're a bird, I'm a bird.