An air of mystery closed around the details of his early life. I didn't pry. He had been through hell and had a right to his secrets.

It's easy to say you don't care about money when you have plenty of it.

...slow and drunk is no match for fast and scared shitless.

She moved to pinch me again but I blocked her hand. I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting.

I didn’t know what to call it, what was happening between us, but I liked it. It felt silly and fragile and good.

No one here is embarrassed of their gift.

Have they built cities on the moon?" another boy asked hopefully."We left some garbage and a flag there in the sixties, but thats about it.

Will you quit shouting and let me bleed in peace!

That was our friendship: equal parts irritation and cooperation.

..he had trampled her poor, pining heart, and the wound was still raw, even these many years later.

It seemed like my parents were always trying to get me to care about money, but I didn’t, really. Then again, it's easy to say you don't care about money when you have plenty of it.

God’s glory is seen in his grace.

When the vision becomes right [correct], one sees only his own faults and when the vision is wrong [incorrect], he sees others at fault.

Don’t build roadblocks out of assumptions.

One of the strengths, and weaknesses, of liberal democratic societies is giving the benefit of the doubt even to one's enemies

Alec keeps sending me annoying photos. Lots of captions like Wish you were here, except not really.

I keep getting cast as this bad guy, and I don't know why.

Then Henry speaks again. "Did he do it?" I turn to him slowly. "Does it matter?

For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war.

I believe dance is a manifestation and celebration of the tenacity of the human spirit.

If anything, he seemed a little lonely, all too ready to open his heart at the slightest sign of interst.