Anna, " he said, dragging his frosted fingers through my hair."Don't you know what it means when a boy pulls your hair at your birthday party?" "No." Just, then, i didn't know what anything meant.

Weeping is not the same thing as crying. It takes your whole body to weep, and when it's over, you feel like you don't have any bones left to hold you up.

Nothing ever really goes away--it just changes into something else. Something beautiful.

It was just over a year ago. Twelve months, nine days and six hours ago, actually. But thirteen months ago everything was...perfect.

Frankie Perino and I were lucky that day. Lucky to be alive-that's what everyone said.

The late-night backyard encounter and kiss induced insomnia.

It's rally bad when dads cry.

I accept the hard reality that I maybe might possibly be just the slightest tiniest littlest bit kinda sorta interested in him.

Sometimes I think I'm an alien that accidentally fell off the mother ship, destined to wander among clueless earthling parents for all eternity.

Letting yesterday affect today will only destroy the excitement of tomorrow.

I cannot sing the old songs, I sang long years ago, For heart and voice would fail me, And foolish tears would flow.

Why is it so hard to be serious, so easy to be too serious?

My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.

Keep in mind that to avoid loneliness, many people need both a social circle and an intimate attachment. Having just one of two may still leave you feeling lonely.

Wine is only sweet to happy men.

The money pigs of capitalist democracy: Money has made slaves of us. Money is the curse of mankind. It smothers the seed of everything great and good. Every penny is sticky with sweat and blood.

It's really hard to grow with another person.

For me it was a normality having a father who was a world champion. I grew up with that, so it was never extra pressure. And I've never felt the need to emerge from his shadow.

Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.