The room was filled with a strange vibe of awkwardness that I was sure could only be dissolved by kissing him again or running away.

Through a veil of tears I watched the city get smaller and smaller. It was funny, because it sort of felt as if my heart was doing the same thing.

We’ll have to go back there one day, the both of us. You can show my all your favorite places.”“Silly man, ” I laughed and pulled his face down to mine. “You are my favorite place.

I opened my eyes to find a fuzzy face staring into mine. I laughed and scratched Boomer’s head. “Your dog is a pervert, he watched the whole thing.

Eli had shone a light into my world, he'd lit up the dark corners just by existing and even if I walked away now, I knew I'd ache for him.

It’s always the ones we’re not supposed to have who are the most irresistible.

...and when I lift my head to scream out my fury, a million stars turn black and die. No one can see them, but they are my tears.

You must be grounded to take flight.

Remember when I moved in you and the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was, "Hallelujah.

In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us to swim.

No woman ever shot her husband while he was doing the dishes.

In law it is good policy to never plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you can not.

I'm a novelist who read a lot as a kid. When you grow up on books and then grow up to write books, famous authors are a lot more meaningful to you than TV and movie stars.

Nobody ever won an election by spitting at his political opponents.

God's unspotted faithfulness never failed any soul that durst trust himself in its arms.

It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man's principal toy and tool: without the meanings and values it sustains, all man's other tools would be worthless.