He wanted to wake up to her smile every day for the rest of his life, like some stupid coffee commercial on TV.

Sometimes it takes you awhile to get to it, but you always get there, and what you say is always worth waiting for.

I remain convinced that the most valuable use of time for a newly published author is to write a second book that's even better than the first, and a third that's better than the second, and on and on.

Jenk shook his head as he headed for the rental car counter. He felt his shoulders tightening as he walked away, certain that Izzy wasn't quite ready to be silent or invisible yet. He was halfway there when Izzy shouted, "Jenkins! I wish I could quit yew!" Of course. The obligatory Brokeback Mountain reference. Jenk flipped Zanella a double bird without bothering to look back.

Life. Unfair and painful at times. But always moving forward, always shifting,changing, with times relentless passage smoothing down jagged parts until it no longer hurts quite so much to breathe.

I love the fact that so many of my readers are intelligent, exceptional, accomplished people with an open-minded love of diversity.

Recovering from a gunshot wound is not a vacation. You need to, like, write that on your hand or something.