Grief is love not wanting to let go.

Grief is not a disorder, a disease or sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve.

Each person's grief journey is unique as a fingerprint or a snowflake.

Courage is not the absence of fear and pain, but the affirmation of life despite fear and pain.

For survivors, the word closure often connotes that the bereaved are underachievers who flunked a grief course.

Sometimes you meet people who teach you what kind of person you do not want to be in your life.

O, Heart, remember thee That Man is none, Save One.

How much of love lies buried in dusty graves!

I told her I loved her and all. It was a lie, of course, but the thing is, I meant it when I said it. I'm crazy. I swear to God I am.

The apocalypse is not around the corner.

I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they have to grow up and move past JK Rowling they can move to me. From Jo to Jodi!

The main message of it is to not get stagnant and that God wants us to continue to grow and become a better person.

The meaning of volleyball, is to give meaning to volleyball, as the meaning of coaching is to give meaning to coaching.

Therell always be some weird thing about eating four grapes before you go to bed, or drinking a special tea, or buying this little bean from El Salvador.