Jessica

“He is no longer mine to lose, but the grief is there, a gnawing sense of disbelief.”
― Lauren Oliver, Requiem

“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and backache and notes and more time and more work than you'd believe.”
― Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

“I just want you to be happy. If that’s with me or with someone else or with nobody. I just want you to be happy.”
― John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“In order to create you have to believe in your ability to do so and that often means excluding whole chunks of normal life, and, of course, pumping yourself up as much as possible as a way of keeping on. Sort of cheering for yourself in the great football stadium of life."

(Barnes & Noble Review, email dialogue with Cameron Martin, Feb. 09, 2009)”
― T.C. Boyle