Secrets are very intriguing - I always think that's an interesting theme.

I think I'll stick with psychological thrillers.

'The Glass Castle' by Jeannette Walls is the quintessential dysfunctional family.

I am not an actress.

I know these are going to sound like school reading-list suggestions, but if you like dystopian fiction, you should check out some of the originals: 'Anthem,' by Ayn Rand; '1984,' by George Orwell; or 'Brave New World,' by Aldous Huxley.

She was probably the best-looking almost-criminal in the history of girls who were about to go to prison.

Spencer.” Mrs. Hastings leaned across the restaurant table. “Don’t touch the bread. It’s rude to start eating before everyone is seated.

Life is hard. If we go with these feelings that are wrong, our lives are going to be even more of an uphill battle. things are hard enough, you know? Why make it worse?

I didn’t want to talk, mostly because I didn’t cry, mostly because I was numb. But didn’t they realize I was trying to spare them from my pain?

Of course she’s coming to stay with us,” Laurel said briskly. “I didn’t just save her ass in the middle of the woods so she could run off again.