received her B.A. in English literature from the University of Maryland at College Park and speaks to writers' groups on the subjects of creative writing and publishing. A native New Yorker, she now lives and works near Washington, D.C.
“She looked into Kirsten's eyes and wondered how it is that a soldier fights and a savior suffers, but a woman, in lying down, rules everything.”
“Beautiful men stay beautiful forever. That which is lovely remains so, preserved behind glass in one's mind.”
“The horror came as I realized that, for what he had done, the child in me was right to blame him entirely, and the adult in me blamed him not at all.”
“What is it about her? he wondered hopelessly. What did she offer him that he couldn't find elsewhere? Why did he persist in seeking her out, thinking about her, wanting her, when she was exactly wrong for him in nearly every way?”