Lisa Kleypas

The way glass can be molded or blown or cut into any kind of shape made me think about how we as people - our characters or souls - can be shaped or changed by outside influences.

I have always been an obsessive reader - I remember going back and forth to the local library with stacks of books taller than I was.

It's difficult for most of us to be completely honest with ourselves - we hate to admit how vulnerable or needful we are.

To me, tattoos are a way of people being able to express themselves and have other people look at them and get a little insight into who they are, without ever even saying a word to them.

Deep down, there is in the substance of the cosmos a primordial disposition, sui generis, for self-arrangement and self-involution.

Hatred is a very underestimated emotion.