“People die, I think, but your relationship with them doesn't. It conti...” — Jandy Nelson Quote

“People die, I think, but your relationship with them doesn't. It continues and is ever-changing.”

“I grew up with older brothers, adore them, can't imagine going through life without them, and I definitely think I draw on that love when I'm writing about siblings. It's so powerful, the jump-in-front-of-a-train-to-protect-them kind of love.”

“I do have a tendency to want to go back to school at all times in my life. Maybe I'll do the Ph.D. in art history when I'm 50, or maybe divinity school. I like teaching, too.”

“I was actually born in New York, and spent some of my childhood in Boston. But my family moved to San Diego when I was 12, and I went to high school here.”

“I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It's definitely one of my greatest joys, and I'm a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors.”

“Second novels are bears. As are other people's expectations for them. I think taking the time you need with the second book is key. Writers spend years and years on their first novels and then are often expected to turn out a second at warp speed, a recipe for failure.”

“When women are secret they are secret indeed; and more often then not they only begin to be secret with the advent of a second lover.”

“20’sinde güzelliğe kapılan biri, 30’unda karakterin, 40’ında ise anlayışın, saygının ve uyumun değerini fark edebilir.”

“She loved when he just rambled, effortlessly profound, without an ounce of self-consciousness. She loved seeing how he processed the world; hearing his messiest, unformed thoughts.”

“Unutmayın ki aşk karşı konulmaz gibi görünse de, ona ne ölçüde boyun eğdiğinizi belirleyen irade gücünüzdür.”

“Your self-worth is not in your words. It’s in what you settle for.”

“It's not your job to like me - it's mine”