...But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.

When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.

It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.

One day spent with someone you love can change everything.

When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.

But she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.

You can find something truly important in an ordinary minute.

Sharing tales of those we've lost is how we keep from really losing them.

I thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle..the nights i can't remember..the mornings i slept thru..all the time spent running from myself.

I think what you notice most when you haven’t been home in a while is how much the trees have grown around your memories.

Once heaven is done with grandma, we'd like her back, thanks.

I was also built from delusional optimism and folly.

History teachers help children climb mountains.

The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.

My mom was a problem solver.

Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.

Usually you always see first cut is an extended version, because it's basically everything you shot, and you have that version and then you start cutting stuff out.

Start making excuses and there's no end to it. I can't live that kind of life.

Love is perfect kindness.

I have both exploited and been exploited in the print field.

Love that we cannot have is the one that lasts the longest,hurts the deepest,but feels the strongest