Hindsight is gained through experience.

Her smile is like summer moonlight beautiful and magical, with a fire that could melt the night.

As the old saying goes, 'sometimes loving someone means letting them go.'

A word to the unwise. Torch every book. Char every page. Burn every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear.

And at some point I would like to talk my publisher into doing an anthology of my poetry alongside some teen readers' poetry. It would be fun, and really wonderful to get their stuff out there.

Love isn’t invincible. Some people take advantage of that.

I need to find a way to feel alive that doesn’t require someone else to make it happen.

And almost instantly, Daddy made everything seem just fine. Even when it wasn’t.

Because if there’s one thing I’ve learned through all this, it’s to have faith in love.

Authors have to write for their characters, for who they are, that’s the strength of books. Don’t worry about censors. Just write the story you need to tell and the rewards will come.