I think that setting a novel in a small town taps into a sense of nostalgia among readers. People tend to believe life is different in small towns, and frankly, it is different.

The problem isn't finding out where you are gonna go-its figuring out what you are gonna do once you get there that is! (Jamie Sullivan)

You don't feel the need to talk all the time, do you," she said. He smiled. "No." "Most people don't know how to appreciate silence. They can't help talking." "I talk, I just want to have something to say first.

It was one thing to divide the major assets, but how was it possible to divide the heart?

A person with autism lives in his own world, while a person with Asperger's lives in our world, in a way of his own choosing

They continued to watch each other from across the room, both frozen for a moment by the shadow of distant possibilities.

You have a talent that comes from inside you, from your heart, not your fingers. What you have can’t ever go away. It’s what other people only dream about. You’re an artist.