Ha! Kids! You have no idea what you put your parents through, either. Wait till you have your own, you'll see. That's when you'll know what it really feels like." .. "What what feels like?"..."Love," said Angela.

The heart makes its choices without weighing the consequences. It doesn't look ahead to the lonely nights that follow.

Everything's a gamble, love most of all.

I devote most of my day to writing, and try to turn out at least four pages a day. As for what triggers the creative process, it's a mystery to me! Characters often just walk on the page and I wait to see what they do and say while I'm writing them.

Where we go depends on what we know, and what we know depends on where we go.

The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerings to the great god of excess.

The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear.