I assume this kid is “normal” sixteen, like all the rest of them, whereas I’m “life can, and probably will, totally screw you” sixteen.

Maybe it's better this way-that we keep our darknesses close, hidden in our minds, protected by our hearts.

We thought it was nice of you to let him have a go, because, in England, he wouldn't be trusted with a pair of scissors.

Although it would lead me to believe otherwise, fear has little interest in intimidating me. Rather, it much prefers to enslave me.

Chrystle? I'm back!" I refused to say that I was home because Cassie was my home. But I'd lost that, and her, forever, so I'd never truly be home again.

Chamber music - a conversation between friends.

More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.

I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.

I started getting letters from college in the tenth grade.

I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway.

I'd love to live in Kent but it's all a question of work.

Power from on high . . . It is God inserting into you divine activity with mightiness.