No, actually 'The Host' was totally a palate-cleanser for me. I wanted to do something a little bit different than romantic love. Romantic love is in there, obviously, because I enjoy writing about that and living it a lot.

I love you more than anything in the world combined.

Life and love would go on. Even though it would happen without me, the idea brought me joy.

Here's to responsibility, twice a week.

I love you," I said in a low, intense voice. "I will always love you, no matter what happens now.

I think being a teenager is such a compelling time period in your life--it gives you some of your worst scars and some of your most exhilarating moments. It's a fascinating place; old enough to feel truly adult, old enough to make decisions that affect the rest of your life, old enough to fall in love, yet, at the same time too young (in most cases) to be free to make a lot of those decisions without someone else's approval.

It Will Be As If I Never Existed