That's the thing about someone who rarely gets upset: when they do, you notice.

I don't lie." "You don't lie," I repeated. "That's what I said." "Ever." "Nope." Sure you don't, I thought.

It is kind of hard to hold a lot in. But for me… it’s sometimes even harder to let it out.

It's all about you, Colie." She touched one finger to her temple, tap tap tap. "Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine." There is something infectious about confidence. And for that one moment, with my eyebrows burning and my eyes watering, I believed. "And good hair never hurt either.

I am never happy when I finish a book. I always start feeling good, and then I get to about Page 75 and start losing momentum - and I kind of pull it together at the end, but by then I think it's just all over. It's become almost a running joke among my agent and my editor - I always say that, so they don't take me seriously anymore.

You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your way in the first place.

And the rest is history,' I said. Nah.' He shook his head. 'The rest is now.