“His voice as smooth as silk, Grant started into his standard crowd-pleaser: Sinatras 'My Kind of Town.”

“Sophie clutched Grant tighter. 'I dont know what screwed-up messages from your family are floating around in your head right now, but youre staying right here.”

“Im glad I went to prison," Grant rasped in Sophies ear, so quietly only she could hear. "Because then I found you.”

“Sometimes I feel like a normal person. Sometimes I forget I’m on parole, that I’m not really free.”

“Sophie clutched Grant tighter. 'I don’t know what screwed-up messages from your family are floating around in your head right now, but you’re staying right here.”

“I’m glad I went to prison," Grant rasped in Sophie’s ear, so quietly only she could hear. "Because then I found you.”

“There was only one guy in the whole Bible Jesus ever personally promised a place with him in Paradise. Not Peter, not Paul, not any of those guys. He was a convicted thief, being executed. So don't...”

“There was only one guy in the whole Bible Jesus ever personally promised a place with him in Paradise. Not Peter, not Paul, not any of those guys. He was a convicted thief, being executed. So don't...”

“Sometimes I feel like a normal person. Sometimes I forget I’m on parole, that I’m not really free.”

“He was, however, unable to give much prolonged or continuous thought to anything that evening , or to concentrate on any one idea; and anyway, even if he had been able to, he would not have found h...”

“Nature can counsel nothing but crime.”

“A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown.”

“That was when I saw their hate come out. They fought on the front lawn. Balloons and my birthday cake stood witness as I watched every regretful blow from my mother. I knew my sister was at war wit...”

“When someone hurts you over and over, ask yourself, WHY DO YOU LET THEM?”

“The causes of familial discord and distance are countless, but the results are often the same: secrecy, blame, sadness, hurt, confusion, and feelings of loss and grief.”