You can believe something really hard, ' Faith says, 'and still be wrong.

She's not classically beautiful, but somehow that only makes her more interesting.

Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.

I close my eyes, thinking that there is nothing like an embrace after an absence, nothing like fitting my face into the curve of his shoulder and filling my lungs with the scent of him.

My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct.

This is love, I think. A place where people who have been alone may lock together like hawks and spin in the air, dizzy with surprise at the connection. A place you go willingly, and with wonder

I wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted so badly to be.

If it is possible to die of grief then why on earth can't someone be healed by happiness?

I don't think we get a choice in who we fall for, " Ian whispers. "I think we just do.

Objection!" Metz shouts.Grounds?" the judge asks.Well...he's my witness!

Children are supposed to go to school, play on swing sets, skin their knees.

Treasure the journey, BE the destination.

I am free to write: therefore, I am free to be.

Emma, okay, enough with the singing. Mommy's getting a three-pill headache.

Oh now that's a blueprint for an impossibly rosy future

A chef who doesn't wash his hands is like a cop who steals. It's a cry for help.

When Punk Rock happened, it created an opening in the culture... it made it ok to think you could play music, even though you had no musical training.

Any man can turn traitor.

I'd love to do drama if it was interesting.

God's not going to promote you because you have a dream, He's going to promote you because you've maximized where you are so now you're ready to go to the next level.

Sorry, I'm allergic to bullshit.