It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.

We never thought some guy would deliberately fill our hearts with brown sugar and then pour hot water all over it.

don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.

Don't worry about how pretty (the story) sounds, how lilting it is, and the imagery, and the metaphor, all that. Most readers don't care. It's the people in your book that matter.

I was tired of chasing ghosts, hollow men who were outside my comfort zone, men who had nothing to give me except a rush. It was all I asked for, and all I ever got.