“Unless you're prepared to deal with the aftermath, never invite yourself to a situation where your presence is not requested or welcomed. Don't pull out a chair at someone else's table, then turn around and be hurt when you feel unwelcomed.”

“In the writers mind, even a backstory has a backstory.”

“You deserve someone who you don't mind sharing your world with—someone you can trust in it. You deserve someone that you don't have to second guess. You deserve someone you trust as much as you trust yourself. You deserve someone you can talk to and not have to talk over. You deserve someone who believes in your dreams and loves you for your passion. You deserve someone who is worthy---someone who can love you the way you deserve to be loved. You deserve someone who will listen and not hold what you shared against you later. You deserve someone who makes you laugh. You deserve someone who makes you whole. You deserve someone who will make you smile every day, and I deserve the same thing, too.”

“Assuming less does not make you naive, it makes you a better listener.”

“There is no one-size-fits-all in communication—everyone’s interpretation of what what you say and how you say it is different.”

“In the busyness of living, he is the kind of man that makes a woman pause and write romantic poetry.”

“When he admires the man he calls his father--a man who is slightly above 'the scum of the earth', what does that say about the man who admire him?”

“When he admires the man he calls his father: a man slightly above the scum of the earth—what does that speak about he who admires him?”

“One great pleasure of being a writer is possessing the power to determine the fate of my characters and how the story will end.”

“I apologize to my words for not nurturing you and giving you the attention that you deserve.”

“In the writer's mind, even a backstory has a backstory.”