That there is no tenderness without bravery. That it’s vital to learn how to make the best of things. It’s more important to be interesting, to be vivid, and to be adventurous than to sit pretty for pictures. When you love someone, she becomes beautiful to you. The eyes see everything through the heart. If you think of human emotions as music, then mine were like an orchestra with no conductor. I suddenly understood what it was, exactly, people longed for when they longed for their youth. It’s always better to have what you have than to get what you wanted. In some ways, if I’m honest, giving up felt good. It’s vital to learn how to make the best of things. Sometimes things just have to fall apart. Sometimes there is no way to hold your life together. When you don’t know what to do for yourself, do something for someone else. It’s my battle cry: Appreciate Everything! People are always beautiful when you love them. There is an entire universe of things my mother knows that I don’t. It’s true of work, it’s true of parenting, and it’s true - a hundred times over - of love.” “Nothing that doesn’t push you past your limits can change your life. More than that, you can work to create them.ĭying is easy. But you can look for reasons to be grateful. You don’t have to be perfect to be awesome. My goal is to try to be as happy as I can - going through every day just as it is. Success is doing the right thing for who you are.

Writing a novel is a lot like reading one. Some of the greatest ideas we have come from making do. Because those moments of connection between women–when they really decide to be honest with each other about their lives–are some of the best things in life. They are people who will tell you honestly about the things that scare them and worry them and trouble them. I love the closeness and honesty and vulnerability that come from characters who can talk that way.Īll my main characters are people I’d love to sit around having coffee with.

I like to write about people who tell their stories in that close and intimate voice we use with best friends. I like to write about people who are real and likeable. Here are some Katherine Center quotes gathered from around the web.

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center