There's a kind of love that has the power to save you, to get you through life. It's like breathing. You have to do it or you'll die. And when it's over, your soul starts to bleed. There's no pain in the world like it, I swear.

Insults sting but a little when they stem from a man's ignorance.

Teachers are by nature idealists, and they believe anything can be learned.

You are TSTL. I beg your pardon. Too stupid to live.

The human heart was such a complex organ, fragile and sturdy all at once.

My adult life has been a patchwork of projects, most of which were fleeting fancies of overreaching vision. I tend to seize on things, only to abandon them due to a lack of time, talent or inclination.

I lived in upstate New York until I was ten years old and we moved overseas. I have a lot of nostalgic memories of that part of the world, and I love going back there by writing the Lakeshore books.