He pulled himself out of hard times, dealt with the scars from it, pushed himself to make a mark. A little bit of the wild side there, always. I told myself, oh no, I won't get tangled up with this one. And I said it again, even when I was tangled up.

So does that mean you're going to fall in love with me again? What makes you think i ever stopped?

There are no dead ends, just detours.

Be yourself. Be true to that, to your heart. Patience. See what happens if you step back instead of bounding forward.

It was best not to think, not to analyze. It was best to accept and act.

If you don't read for pleasure, you'll lose your edge as a writer.

You are wise as well as short." "I can also break bricks with my bare hands." "That's a handy skill if you ever find yourself walled up in the basement of an abandoned house by a psychopath.