I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.

True love is not a potion one person can swallow and another refuse to drink. It happens only when the souls of two join together to form one

But she loves me. Me. Just the way I am.

Last time I saw you, I said that it hurt too much to love you. But I was wrong about that. The truth is it hurts too much not to love you.

What more could you want? How about dominion over this 'beautiful place'? Beauty doesn't last. Friends and family decay. Power is the only thing that goes on forever."
Jack answered with his gut. "No, love goes on forever.

With a young-adult series, you need to get a lot of books out on the market quickly. Teenagers aren't going to wait years and years for the next book.