Like I, of all people, didn't know better than to lead a total stranger to the point where they could hurt me most, knowing how easily they'd be able to find their way back to it.

Impulsiveness can be charming but deliberation can have an appeal, as well.

Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It's a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it.

The only thing I can't stand more than seeing something done wrong is seeing it done slowly.

Writing a novel is like childbirth: once you realize how awful it really is, you never want to do it again.

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.

Leaving was easy. It was everything else that was so damned hard.