I think readers are just looking for things that maybe they recognize or can relate to in the books.

There has to be a middle. Without it, nothing can ever truly be whole. Because it is not just the space between, but also what holds everything together.

She said writting novels was like childbirth: if you truly remembered how awful it got, you'd never do it again.

My sister, who never understood most of the things I wanted her to, might have been able to understand what had happened to me in this summer of weddings and beginnings. And she was right. The first boy was always the hardest.

Call it crazy, or just chicken salad.

The health of the people I love is all that really matters in this world. Period.

The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.