I'll keep this necklace forever, " said Samara, "as long as Jade and I can keep you forever too.

We're not quitting until I'm satisfied you know what you're doing, " he said in a low voice."Until we're both satisfied, " she corrected. Killing. Him.

Thank you, " she said. "For making me have dinner with you."He laughed. "Next time maybe I'll really torture you and take you to a movie."Next time.

My goodness, I'm like a hog at a trough!

Their love story had ended long ago, and yet one smile from him brought it all back, the joy, the heartache, everything. True love stories never have endings.

There are no supermoms. Eventually, you just have to hope your kid survives all your parental screw-ups.

Feelings of guilt are the worst punishment. You are being punished by yourself.

When you celebrate, there is sure to be cake."Florence Ditlow, in "The Bakery Girls.

...because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much.

Girls marry for love. Boys marry because of a chronic irritation that causes them to gravitate in the direction of objects with certain curvilinear properties.

People in this world are not often logical.

There is no mysterious essence we can call a 'place'. Place is change. It is motion killed by the mind, and preserved in the amber of memory.

It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters.

I don't focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, then I don't worry about it.

Because every one of us has our box, a dark chamber stowing the thing that lanced our heart. It contains what you do everything for, strive for, wound everything around you.

Stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions.