When someone we love is snatched from us, it often feels very hard to make plans.Sometimes people feel like they have lost faith in the future, or they become superstitious.

I'm not letting go of you.

I'm not letting go of you" - Sam

Sometimes just getting through each day requires almost superhuman strength.

No journey out of grief was straightforward. There would be good days and bad days. Today was just a bad day, a kink in the road, to be traversed and survived.

Losing him was like having a hole shot straight through me, a painful, constant reminder, an absence I could never fill.

moving on means we have to protect ourselves.

Sometimes I felt as if we were all wading around in grief, reluctant to admit to others how far we were waving or drowning.

No journey out of grief was straightforward. There would be good days and bad days.

Sometimes for our sanity own sanity we just have to look at the bigger picture.

Life is short, right? We both know that. Well, what if you're my chance?

What wonderful things dreams are! They can make you be anything you want and take you anyplace in the world.

One's character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.

I felt my eyes widen slightly, feeling like the kid of the group who didn’t understand anything and was a pain to have around.

This long disease, my life.

My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy.

Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours.

Organized religion preaches Order and Love but spawns Chaos and Fury. Why?

Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories.

Boy what a hotel that was, why they stole my towel.

No distinction is 'tween man and man, But as his virtues add to him a glory Or vices cloud him.