When you start writing the magic comes when the characters seem to take on a life of their own and write the words for themselves.

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances

Others said May was best, that sweet green time when lilacs bloomed and gardens along Main Street were filled with sugary pink peonies and Dutch tulips.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.

This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.

The evening had turned sweet and blue.

I need you to know that no matter what happens, it was worth it to me. Being with you, loving you. It was all worth it.

There was a bright flash of brilliant white light, like the midday summer sun reflecting off of a freshly cleaned mirror.And then it was gone.

I remember in school once the teacher gave us a speech about anyone can make it if they try, and then she looked at me and said. 'I don't know what you are going to do, Georgie.'

Anger is the resentment of the animal, and gentle blood alone makes the gentleman.

The best ideas must move you before they can move someone else.

The criminal ineptitude makes you furious.

Say what we will, we may be sure that ambition is an error. Its wear and tear on the heart are never recompensed.

We're just beginning to learn the importance of music in our society.

I’m not short. I’m…vertically disadvantaged.

I actually wanted to be an exotic dancer, but that didn't work out so I thought I'd take on acting.