Personally, I believe “Young Adult” to be an arbitrary title that means the book "Can be enjoyed by anyone/Has a main character who’s not quite an adult/Isn’t really boring.

No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all.

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?

All I've ever wanted was to be near you.

Many times I have learned that, you never judge a book by its cover. Like people, it is the inside that counts.

Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

It was karma, it was kismet, it was magic. It doesn't matter how it happened, just that it did.

I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.

You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.

I do like the world quite a lot.

Nature decrees that we do not exceed the speed of light. All other impossibilities are optional.

You can accomplish your goals by grace.

Lella York, the self-proclaimed queen of passive-aggressive behavior. [Lella's perceptive view of herself]

What attracted me to Zen was my first teacher, Tim McCarthy. He was extremely genuine. It wasn't even really a Zen thing, that sort of came along later.

Any city in America would like to get a museum built if they didn't have to pay for it.

When the horse was little, Massie had covered the walls with posters of young fillies that she thought Brownie would find sexy.

If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower.

If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it. Now.

One positive step can put an end to negative momentum. Now is when you can take it.

I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.