We are at our finest when we take care of each other..

Beauty comes from tenderness..

We all carry our mothers inside us..

In fiction, you can be as true as you want. Real life is a different story..

Nobody was perfect. Not even close. And everybody had wrinkles from smiling and squinting and craining their necks. Everybody has marks on their bodi….

You don't have to be perfect to be awesome..

Be brave with your life, so others will be brave with theirs..

Nothing that doesn’t push you past your limits can change your life. It’s true of work, it’s true of parenting, and it’s true — a hundred times over ….

The human condition is imperfection. And that's how it's supposed to be..

We build our lives in moments, and even the ones we can't remember become the story of who we are..

Writing a novel is a lot like reading one..

My goal is to try to be as happy as I can - going through every day just as it is..

Our lives disappear, even as we live them..

Success is doing the right thing for who you are..

All my main characters are people I'd love to sit around having coffee with. They are people who will tell you honestly about the things that scare t….

It's vital to learn how to make the best of things..

I believe women are too hard on themselves. I believe that when you love someone, she becomes beautiful to you. I believe the eyes see everything thr….

Something good was happening. My life was rising from the ashes, and the sight of it left me feeling something like hopeful..

The eyes see everything through the heart..

It's more important to be interesting, to be vivid, and to be adventurous than to sit pretty for pictures..

It's so easy to think that your strengths don't matter..