But things don't just fall apart. People break them.

You don't even realize you're living in a before until you wake up one day and find yourself in an after.

Don't go looking in dark places, because dark things live there.

The only thing more dangerous than a willingness to ignore the Law is an ability to change it.

I should probably start with the blood.

Teen fiction should be about teenagers - no matter how many arguments there are about what YA lit should be, this seems like the one thing we can all agree on.

I believed in happily ever after as much as anyone, because Jane Austen, Prince Charming, and Hugh Grant promised me it could happen. But maybe that particular delusion was universal.

Not that my arms are getting tired or anything, but... how much longer is the hugging phase going to last?

Full Disclosure: I hate David with the passion of a thousand fiery suns all going to supernova at the same time

Nor did I need anyone's pity, but I would accept it with grace, because I have been well trained. Rudeness was a sign of weakness. Grace stemmed from power, the powere to accept anything and move on.

In dreams you can become everything you're not. You can reverse the most fundamental truths of your life. You can taste death, the ultimate opposite.

The cornerstone of our thoughts begins with the spirited flames of our far-reaching imagination.

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn

When marriage is what it ought to be, it is indeed the very happiest condition of existence.

Our stories can set us free. When we set them free.

It was the beauty that caught me and held my soul hostage... Remember those days? Had you smellin' my boxers.

hot pink looks cute on only janet which is MEEEEEEE!!!

The NRA is right...handgun controls do little to stop criminals from obtaining handguns.

If we can return to a government that the Founders, in their wisdom, envisioned for us, we can return to a government that will allow our economy to thrive again, and our people to live in liberty.

Extremists on all sides thrive, fed by the blood lust of centuries gone by.

I've heard writers talk about "discovering a voice," but for me that wasn't a problem. There were so many voices that I didn't know where to start.