Grown-ups always say that things are complicated.

Being around someone who accepts and supports you will remind you to accept and support yourself.

It's hard for me to talk to her. All I can do when I look at her is think about the day when I won't be able to. So I spend all my time at school thinking about her, wishing I could see her right then, but when I get to her house, I don't know what to say.

Sometimes we need to be apart to understand just how much we truly love each other .

The two of you, there's something uncanny about the way you two are with each other. I mean everything--the way you look at each other, the way she relaxes when you put your hand on her back, the way you both seem to know what the other is always thinking, it's always struck me as extraordinary. That's another reason I keep putting marriage off. I know I want something like what you two share, and I'm not sure I've found it yet. I'm not sure I ever will. And with love like that, they say anything's possible, right?

Setting is a major aspect in writing all of my books, both in terms of natural and cultural environments.

I found that as I flipped the days on the calendar, the worries I had about our relationship had began to diminish.