We're connected, as women. It's like a spiderweb. If one part of that web vibrates, if there's trouble, we all know it, but most of the time we're just too scared, or selfish, or insecure to help. But if we don't help each other, who will?

My favorite books are the ones that make me smile for hours after reading them. I want that for my readers, for the sweetness to linger. Sort of like chocolate, but without the calories

Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.

Some of the best people i know are fools', Evanelle said. 'The strongest people I know.

She never thought she was good at making friends. But maybe she was just trying to be friends with the wrong people.

Blank-slate friendships were thin and temperamental. She knew that. There was no history there to cement people together, for better or worse.

That's the fairy tale. You meet, you fall in love, you kiss, and neither of you is revolted by it. You get married and have kids and live happily ever after.