“Even in death, her mother was winning.”

“Aurora, you're a child, live like one, don't act like one. Enjoy the innocence, dump the immaturity.”

“She had to save herself from every last one of them. All of them, the people at the orphanage, the foster care system, the middle school, they were all outsiders and strangers and a possible threat...”

“The list of lifesavers left him numb, clueless - the action, indifferent.”

“How do you circumvent a mind bent upon lying to get away from the truth?”

“If you can get to be you, why can't I get to be me?”

“Even in death, her mother was winning.”

“Aurora, you're a child, live like one, don't act like one. Enjoy the innocence, dump the immaturity.”

“She had to save herself from every last one of them. All of them, the people at the orphanage, the foster care system, the middle school, they were all outsiders and strangers and a possible threat...”

“The power of music, whether joyous or cathartic must steal on one unawares, come spontaneously as a blessing or a grace--”

“. . .from their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions, fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives, they continually cope with frustrations as b...”

“Each new day begins with a meditation, and ends with a purifying catharsis.”

“A statue stands in a shaded placeAn angel girl with an upturned faceA name is written on a polished rockA broken heart that the world forgot”

“If you are really doing all this for your kids, then why are you so mean to them?”

“A terrible sadness threatened to overwhelm me as I wondered how two people capable of such love for each other had eventually felt so little for the child they had produced between them.”