We are all descended from monsters.

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

I was a writer first, and knew I'd be a storyteller at age seven. But since my parents are very practical, they urged me to go into a profession that would be far more secure so I went to medical school. But after practicing medicine for a few years, while raising two sons (with a husband who was also a doctor) I realized that combining medicine with motherhood was more of a challenge than I could handle. So I left medicine and stayed home. And that's when I once again picked up the pen and began to write.

We dream our dreams, and sometimes they take us to places we never anticipate. But they are our dreams, and we go where they lead.

No man easily admits that he is afraid.

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

God, it's like reality's completely shifted on me. I used to think I was standing on such solid ground. If I wanted something badly enough, I just worked like hell for it. Now I can't decide what to do, which move to make. All the things I counted on aren't there for me anymore.