Im not one of those authors who claims to hear voices in my head or let the characters speak through me, whatever that might mean.

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.

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

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.

Writing a main character is very important to me. Because each time I create one, it feels like another piece of me in a different world.

Mankind must live in harmony with one another.

When you do well, everybody's after you, and sometimes the motives are legitimate, and sometimes it's envy and jealousy.

Czechoslovakia provided Soviet Russia with landing fields for aircraft, thereby increasing the threat against Germany.

The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.

The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place.

For men are made for happiness, and any one who is completely happy has a right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on earth.'

I've never had a cup of coffee in my life. I can't even remain in the same room with coffee.

There were some so afraid of death that they prayed for death.

It was the eyes. The secret of love was in the eyes. The way one person looked at another, the way eyes communicated and spoke when the lips never moved.