Dying is a very solitary thing. The only thing we can do it be there when she wants us there.

It's hard to give up the being together with someone.

But there's a whole world waiting, still, and there are good things in it.

It is so good to have friends who understand how there is a time for crying and a time for laughing, and that sometimes the two are very close together.

It's a funny thing about names, how they become a part of someone.

...you can pretend that bad things will never happen. But life's a lot easier if you realize and admit that sometimes they do.

We're so accustomed to laughing. It's harder for us when the time comes that we can't laugh.

Oh, sometimes it's just easier to please people, " Maria said finally.

I don't know what she is now. A stranger, mostly. It's as if she has become a part of a different world, one that doesn't include me anymore....

I laugh, because he knew what I was thinking, and very few people ever know what I'm thinking.

You know, sometimes it's nice to just have someone to blame, even if it has to be yourself, even if it doesn't make sense.

Healing doesn’t mean forgetting or making the memories insignificant. Healing means refocusing

We find it difficult to distinguish between spiritual combatants… and their hostages.

When you can't enter through the front door, kick in a window.

Hope is trust in God's promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future.

An intense feeling carries with it its own universe, magnificent or wretched as the case may be.

Sturdy beggars can bear stout denials.

A great smile is a wonderful asset, but a good heart is pure gold.

But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year.

The disadvantage of working over networks is that you can't so easily go into someone else's office and rip their bloody heart out.

I like to drink to suit my location.