But as i lay there, it only seemes like silence filling my ears. And the thing was, it was so freaking loud.

My books are so tame!

He was the closest thing I'd ever had to something, or someone, that mattered. But in the end, close didn't count. You were either in, or you weren't.

My first signing was at my hometown independent bookstore and everyone in the world came. It was so nice. My family was there, my parents, everybody I worked with, all my friends. So I had this great first reading with a like hundred people there.

You should have seen your face," she said, her breath hot in my ear. "Sa-woooon.

The thing is I'm a great believer in the perfect moment. They don't come around that often.

He's getting dumped. And he doesn't even know it yet. He's probably eating a cheeseburger or flossing or picking up his dry cleaning, and he has no idea. No inkling.