What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.

There's a lot of magic between you too, ain't no denying that. And magic makes forgettin' hard.

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

He'd lived long enough to know that everyone handled grief in different ways, and little by little, they all seemed to accept their new lives.

Life was messy. Always had been and always would be and that was just the way it was, so why bother complaining? You either did something about it or you didn’t, and then you lived with the choice you made.

People didn't change. they liked what they liked even if they didn't understand why.

Tough toenails, tiger. What you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things.