“Some people, though related by blood, are as sworn enemies. Others, bound only by friendship, would die for one another.”

“Writing is painting for the imagination!”

“A choice made having devastating consequences for another is really not a choice. It is an act.”

“The sky, with a single star, would be dark and boring. A million stars in the firmament makes for something wondrous and bright.”

“Storytelling is a gift, but writing is a learned art.”

“Great writers teach as well as entertain.”

“Writing is painting for the imagination!”

“All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bits of wood floating up to the surface that only hint at the shipwreck below.”

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”

“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”