I don't write fantasy, I write reality. Also, my novels have roots to Greek tragedies and as such, there has to be tragedy.

It's your eyes. They're ... more serious than they used to be. Like they've seen things they shouldn't have.

I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels.

Do you know what you're saying when you say, "Whatever"? It's just a code word for the f-word, followed by "you." And at your age, you never, ever. say that to anyone.' " Blaze leaned back. "So now, when someone says it to me, I just say, 'You too.' (72)

It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems.

Love hurts. There is nothing as painful as heartbreak. But in order to learn to love again you must learn to trust again.

So that's the ghost you been running from.