The vortex. You can see the entire galaxy up there. More stars than you ever knew existed.

We weren’t allies, but not being enemies was close enough for me.

He kissed my lips, his skin warm in spite of the cool winter wind whipping past us. His whisper would have been lost on me before, but now I heard every word. “What do you want, Raven?

Everything okay?”“I’m not sure, but it’s not shittier, so that’s something.”She laughed. “Still an optimist.

For the record…” I took her hand and held it up. “These are the only hands I want on me.

When life breaks you down, you have two choices. You can either leave the pieces on the floor... or you can rebuild yourself so that you’re stronger than before.

Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.

None of us are so much praised or censured as we think.

Count no matron happy until she hath passed thirty, and hath not waxed fat.

Don't tell me you can pitch...pitch. Don't tell me you can sell...sell.

What we can do, we will try to do.

If you boat a lot, you're known as a boating enthusiast. I like to boat, but I just don't want to ever be referred to as a 'boating enthusiast'. I hope they call me 'a guy who likes to boat'.

Make the choice that you want to be happy. You owe it to yourself and you owe it to other people too.

Women love those best (whether men, women, or children) who give them most pain.

One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that he had been born and had lived in India