We can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a lucky thing that really, all you need is someone.

You need demarcation." "Demarcation?" I asked. "It means a clear separation between two things," he told me. "A solid end before a clean beginning. No murky borders. Clarity.

Being brave and self-confident doesn't necessarily start inside...It starts with the rest of the world, and it leads back to you.

My books are so tame!

Because you have to just go with the flow. Your life is not your own, with people coming in and out all the time. You get mellow because you have to.

When he first put his arms around me, it was tentative, like maybe he expected I'd pull away. When I didn't, he moved in closer, his hands smoothing over my shoulders, and in my mind I saw myself retreating a million times when people tried to do this same thing: my sister or my mother, pulling back and into myself, tucking everything out of sight, where only I knew where to find it. This time, though, I gave in. I let Wes pull me against him, pressing my head against his chest, where I could feel his heart beating, steady and true.

I think when you're a beginning author with any publishing company, there's only so much they can put behind you.