Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.

Surely you’ve been sent from the heavens to teach us mortals what beauty is.

The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how to get them out.

I will survive, Tracy thought. I face mine enemies naked, and my courage is my shield.

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

I was scared. Do you know what it's like to hold someone else's life in your hands? It's like playing God. Can you think of anything scarier than that?