I haven't cried since Mom died. I mean, after something like that, what's left to cry about, right? But I let myself cry now. Loss is loss. Doesn't take death to create it. (266)

That's what I'll be. A silhouette, rarely seen, and yet believed in.

That's what I'll be. A silhouette, rarely seen, and yet believed in. Kaeleigh wants to believe in me. I am her twin, forever alive inside her. And when she needs me, I am always here.

Love means holding on to someone just as hard as you can because if you don't, one blink and they might disappear...forever.

Words have power. The power to soothe. The power to skewer someone through the heart. The power to render someone speechless.

What's the point of being a hero when everyone thinks you're a villain?

Sometimes the little things in life mean the most.

One foot in front of the other, counting tiles on the floor so I don't have to focus the blur of painted smiles, fake faces.

Her smile is like summer moonlight-beautiful and magical, with a fire that could melt the night.

Now that I have opened that bottle of memories they're pouring out like wine, crimson and bittersweet.

I know he wants to get serious. He's definitely not a player, not a poser, not a loser, not a user.

It is painfully easy to define human beings. They are beings who, for no good reason at all, create their own unnecessary suffering.

There are no doubts that western governments are willfully inducing radiation sickness into segments of their city populations.

I'm not a fan of baseball really.

There was a time when all I cared about was the next game, the next party, the next tee time.

I always say nothing you can imagine is totally impossible. It might be unlikely, but that's as far as I'll go.

You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.

Envy lies between two beings equal in nature though unequal in circumstances.

There's no worse feeling in the world than realizing the play you've directed doesn't work.

Prayer endows us with the power to draw near to our Eternal Father.

Life is known only by those who have found a way to be comfortable with change and the unknown. Given the nature of life, there may be no security, but only adventure.