“It was tragic how life had sucked her down to the bones, all her spontaneity her laughter and freedom had vanished. I knew then that I didn't ever want to be like that. Whatever happened, life was ...”

“Creativity and ideas fired between every synapse underneath my skin and I felt radiant from the inside out.”

“I kissed my fingers,held my palm flat beside my mouth and blew it into the air that surrounded her memory. I closed my eyes, thinking this was one of those moments you see in movies or read about i...”

“When I was young I wanted so much to be like her. What a blessing are those moments when there is nothing to worry about, no thought of trouble or grief in the world.”

“I could feel their grief as if it were a beast holding us down.”

“Maybe attraction was aligned in heaven before our birth because there was no other way to explain my feelings. There were millions of boys on the earth. Why did it feel so strong?”

“And though I've lived to be an old man with my very own share of happiness for all the mess I made, I still judge every joyous moment, every victory and revelation against those few seconds of living.”

“Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.”

“Glass & peace alike betray proof of fragility under repeated blows.”

“We were as big as the ocean, but as fragile as an ego.”