None of it meant anything, and all of it was important.

It hadn't even occured to me that somebody would believe mine.

Some things you don't have to tell. Some things, between sisters, are understood.

It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think,' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are.

I think as a writer one of the benefits is that you can put things that you're interested in into your books. I always have put a lot of food and restaurants because I was a waitress and I love to eat.

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

So I left him there alone to watch history repeat the same events retold again and again on his own.