It is a great virtue to be needed. Greater, even, than being liked

She watched the gap between ship and shore grow to a huge gulf. Perhaps this was a little like dying, the departed no longer visible to the others, yet both still existed, only in different worlds.

There is something about losing your mother that is permanent and inexpressable - a wound that will never quite heal.

Unexpected change is like a breath of fresh air -- a little brisk at first, but magic for the body and soul.

Tell the story that's in your heart, and don't hold back. Write a book the reader will want to melt into.

An event in the present evokes past sensations. But science couldn't explain how a foolish heart had the power to overrule common sense.

Insults sting but a little when they stem from a man's ignorance.

You're never alone when you're reading a book.

Fear and love were sometimes the same thing both necessary unavoidable. Now she understood that it was okay to bleed if you know how to heal.

Talent is required, but much of writing is a matter of craft, which develops with time, attention, patience and practice, like playing an instrument or learning to dance.

At the centre of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power

Learn more about the character traits you have and those you want to develop

All I'm saying is, kindness don't have no boundaries.

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.

Divorce was very sad, obviously, but now I've gotten over it.

It's easier to be creative if you've got other people to play with.

Write what you care about.

Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity.

If you open yourself as an artist, as a human being to this experience of growing, you grow anyway.

We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.