“Why does it have to be like this?' I asked bitterly. 'Why does life have to be so short, with all the good things passing quickly. Is it worth living at all?”

“Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.”

“Oh, Sweetie. No one ever gets through their TBR list. For every book you finish, you'll add five more. That's just the way it works.”

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”

“I went on to Harvard and got very interested in computers and studying the earth's landscape.”

“Cross-cultural learning and studying abroad can be transformative.”

“I was studying for the SAT's and learning lines.”