There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful.

Then you came along and helped me believe in myself again.

One of the exhilarating parts of falling in love is discovering new things about one another, and seeing the world from a different point of view.

In the end, everything came down to money. It came down to what a person actually did, as opposed to who they thought they were.

I don't know. I really don't. While I was in the living room, I kept asking myself what I really wanted in life." She squeezed his hand. "And do you know what the answer was? The answer was that I wanted two things. First, I want you. I want us. I love you and I always have.

Do you see these hands?" Jo said, holding them up. "These were made for caressing handsome men and meant to be adorned with pretty nails and diamond rings. They're not made for paint rollers and paint splatter and that kind of manual labor.

Beauty might prevail in the very short term, but in the medium and longer terms, cultural norms - primarily those values and norms influenced by family - were more important.