Ann Stephens

“If you want to be a writer you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot,” Stephen King writes in his book On Writing.””

“I was like two ends of a ribbon, a bow untied. Frayed at the ends.  I could never tie it back for Marla, never pretend to be a perfect daughter. This time, I'd abandoned her and all her dreams, and that was terrible. But I'd tied the other end of the ribbon to Jet, and I would sacrifice everything not to let go of her””

“She swallowed, then set her burger down and looked right into me, past my eyes and into the real Blue. "Every child deserves to have a home. Every child deserves a safe place to live and good food and clean clothes and an education and spiritual guidance. And love, Chris. It's not your fault that you're alone.””