Mothers hold close, fathers let go. Maybe that’s the way of the world.

I loved ghost stories, creaky staircases, stormy nights. If it guaranteed nightmares I read it by flashlight, after midnight.

You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair. You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.

If you choose to do something, do it with your utmost. And remember, expect nothing and life will be velvet.

The only time you're calm, you're centered, you're at peace, is when someone's trying to kill you. And that's just plain twisted.

I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears.

Life may not be perfect, at least it offered moments that were perfect enough.

Before I became a suspense novelist, I wrote romantic suspense as Alicia Scott.

It wasn’t that strangers couldn’t hurt you. It was simply that the people you loved could do it so much better.

Women cry. Men laugh. Whiners moan. Men laugh. Wimps complain. Men laugh.

Youth is no excuse for sloppiness.

The lovers of the world are the ones who matter. Forget the rest. Jesus was a lover. He doesn't hate anyone.

Lose your weightLose your mindBut don't lose heartIt's very expensive .

What you fear most will determine whether you merely save for the future or give for the future.

Hopefully one day wars will only be fought in movies and may the best producer win

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

I want to take advantage of any popularity I have.

Who said we were owed happiness?

Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.