Wolfman clears everything off the table except his gun. That he keeps close at hand. There is a sense of ceremony about his actions. My stomach tightens up. We are about to begin.

I will not be a victim. I will not think like a victim. I am going to avenge all those little girls. I am going to win.

I don't know how the Wolfman knows all this, but he's not wrong. My warm cheeks turn scalding hot. "Your shame is a good sign. You may break sooner than I thought. The breaking is good. It purifies.

It was like a commercial for laundry detergent or tampons or a prescription medication with death listed as a possible side effect.

Life isn't fair, " comes the voice of Nana. She has told me that a thousand times. "What matters is how you handle it." I'm going to handle it by winning.

In this otherworldly moment I am profoundly grateful to be here, to be alone, to experience this thing that no one has ever experienced and that no one else ever will.

There will be days that you don’t want to dress up and if you have some decent looking athletic wear, you can give the illusion that you’ve just been working out, as opposed to giving up on life.

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.

When you hear something you don't like, don't ever play it again.

I was a founding member of the 'Dungeons and Dragons' club at my high school. I was in chorus, I was in swing choir. I was an outcast but I was an outcast among a group of outcasts.

Whoever wants to be a Christian should tear the eyes out of his reason.

Each marriage has to be judged separately, and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage.

You can't just sit around in leopard-print slippers and drink champagne all day and think everything's gonna work out somehow.

There's a victory in letting go of your expectations.

Live life to the fullest. It's too bad we're not cats...we only have one life.