Love isn't soft, like the poets say. Love has teeth which bite and the wounds never close.

She couldn't be on his wavelength all the time. That's all. When you could recognize that and deal with it, you were on your way to an adult relationship.

But this wealth of information produced little or no insight.

I hardly ever read mainstream fiction that deals with life as it is. I like an element of fantasy, something that isn`t quite of the real world.

I tend to scare myself.

She had never dreamed there could be so much pain in a life when there was nothing physically wrong. She hurt all the time.

I think everybody has experiences from time to time they can't explain. They are peculiarities. Usually we just dismiss them because they are uncomfortable to think about.