I’ve never been nearly as alone as I always say I am

There are no accidents, Anna. Everything correlates. Everything connects. Every detail bears a consequence. One instant begets the next. And the next. And the next.

It doesn’t matter whether you believe in ghosts. The ghosts believe in you.

A man can smell a woman's sadness

Solitude was her anchor. A familiar misery, and anymore the safest, most sensible approach.

The deepest sleep is meant only for children and perfect fools.

A secret's safest hiding place is in the open.

But there are times to talk to the dead, times when the dead want to talk.

Shames the shadow of love she thought

There is a correlation between the severity of a person’s moods and a lack of self-knowledge.

GOD will never disregard or turn away sincere prayers from those who diligently seek Him and humbly call upon His Name.

The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

Jem is nothing but goodness. That he struck you last night only shows how capable you are of driving even saints to madness.

He was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the outset

It was as if I were writing letters to hold together the pieces of my crumbling life.

Here I am, where I am supposed to be.

Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.

Sending a book out into the world is a lot like sending your child to the first day of kindergarten. You hope the other kids play nice and that she makes friends.

I wanted to be a composer for a while, and for a while, and maybe still, I found writing music much easier than writing poetry. So maybe my brain clings to it.