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

You can't change where you come from, but you can change where you go from here. Just like a book. If you don't like the ending, you make up a new one.

You're dying with the way things are," Della Lee said harshly, causing Josey to lower the handful of popcorn she was about to put in her mouth. "You're going to lose yourself in this, Josey. It's going to happen if you don't change. I know. I lost myself trying to find happiness in things that didn't love me back.

I think of the future all the time. All my life I've chased dreams of what could be. For the first time in my life, I've actually caught one. I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already.

Stability was overrated. Crises and adventures, on the other hand, could actually teach you something.

I've never seen you hide from anyone before. He must do something crazy to you.

She'd fallen into the best part of her past.