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

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.

That's what falling in love really amounted to, your brain on drugs. Adrenaline and dopamine, oxytocin and serotonin. Chemical insanity, celebrated by poets.

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

Motherhood didn't make you stronger; it made you vulnerable and afraid of what death could steal from you.

Sometimes, the person who could make you happiest is the one who waits patiently in the wings.

... he knew that the cruelest of blows too often came with a smile.