Quote by James Patterson

“Sometimes I wrote things because I couldn't say them, couldn't sort out my feelings about them, couldn't keep them bottled inside me.”

— Octavia E. Butler

“I was a happy child. I felt loved. I never would've imagined that things would turn out the way that they did".”

— Bella Forrest

“I had wanted to tell him that loving someone should never be a problem, should never feel like one, but by then I already…

— Lynn Weingarten

“I was a lonely boy. I spent all my time reading books and watching the world. [some] tried to draw me out at first,…

— Rabih Alameddine

“I'm writing it in a letter, the whole truth of why it happened. And the truth is that I goddamn loved you so much.”

— Daniel Handler

“Writing had never become routine for him, but remained a constant surprise. He was always surprised at how much fun it was, once it…

— Nora Roberts

“I haven’t been very impressed lately. By people, or places, or the way someone said he loved me and then slowly changed his mind.”

— Charlotte Eriksson

“I wanted to tell him I loved him, that I'd always loved him, & that life-& I- had never been the same without him there.”

— Beth Harbison

“Because I read so much, I was a romantic in my heart of hearts, but my desire to be part of a romantic story…

— Roxane Gay

“It’s not so bad, I wanted to tell the little boy. With enough time, you can get used to almost anything.”

— Katherine Applegate

“But the bit I liked best was where it said it's impossible to define love because it takes so many forms and is so…

— Aidan Chambers

“The truth was that I'd been spending years running away from myself. I hid myself in drama, silliness, stupidity, banality. So afraid to grow…

— Megan Crane