The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.

What did it feel like, I wondered, to love someone that much? So much that you couldn't even control yourself when they came close, as if you might just break free of whatever was holding you and throw yourself at them with enough force to easily overwhelm you both.

Every book teaches me something about my process, and they are all challenging in one way or another.

But if everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that, you know? You have to have a little bit of disorganization now and then. Otherwise, you'll never really enjoy it when things go right.

Just because someone's pretty, doesn't mean she's decent.

The choices you make now, the people you surround yourself with, they all have the potential to affect your life, even who you are, forever.

And don't change for a guy, ever," Leah added. "If they're worthy, they'll like you just the way you are.