“I would figure out, later, how to explain to my boss that, for me, Delia will never be a story, but a happy ending. ”

“Do you think we can just take it on faith right now that I want you, you want me, and we'll figure out the happy ending part later?”

“You know why love stories have happy endings?” I shake my head.“Because they end too early,” she continues. “They always end right at the kiss. You never have to see all the bullshit that comes later. You know, Life.”

“Mom, why couldn't my story, my real life story have a happy ending - like in the books?""No true love story has a happy ending; one always must die and leave the other. So there's never a totally happy ending.”

“Just when I figured out how to quiet the characters in my head, the multiple stories my creative muse wants me to write started screaming for attention!”

“I never have people tell me their stories. I usually have to figure them out myself. Because I know that if people tell me stories, they will expect them to be remembered. And I cannot guarantee that. There is no way to know if the stories stay after I'm gone. And how devastating would it be to confide in someone and have the confidence disappear? I don't want to be responsible for that.”