Motherhood changes everything..

The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better..

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries..

This should tell you everything you need to know about guys. They only go after what they know they can get. We girls, on the other hand, aim really ….

This is one of those times when explaining a feeling cannot measure up to actually having the feeling.

I'm very organized - and the best thing - when you love your work, you don't mind putting in 15 hour days. It's joyful..

But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way..

I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don't be afraid to shake it up..

The Wise County Bookmobile is one of the most beautiful sights in the world to me. When I see it lumbering down the mountain road like a tank . . . I….

Money doesn't have anything have anything to do with the magnificence of a person. It doesn't. What matters is what you make. Whether it's a cake for….

A library is a home filled with our stories. On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our grea….

Energy has to be fed from a source. If you don't feed the source, it dissipates entirely.Same is true of liking a boy. If you cut off the thoughts, i….

I will probably always cry myself to sleep, but knowing this, someday the tears won't be sad, or filled with regret. Maybe they will be joyful.

Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at..

When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick - she never has to wait for someone to choose her..

Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful. I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a life, start a….

But a child's joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son's laughter began to her heart, a feat she had never believed possible.

Love has a funny way of showing up when you aren't looking for it and didn't plan on it..

I love rhinestones, faux jewelry..

If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people..

Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime..