“Im not mean to everybody. Im only mean to people whose intellectual level is awfully lower than mine.”

“If he just had the decency to die silently yesterday, not squeal like a girl, Id be free right now. Probably even doing some real job, she sneered.”

“He had a semicircle tattoo with an indecent word on the back of his head, suggesting all people around him to leave him alone in a much more impolite manner.”

“Everything had changed, and maybe she couldnt keep up with it, but she still was good at making people regret they had ever crossed her way.”

“Because otherwise you would have to let them in, let them change your life, and its scary and unpredictable and unsafe at least, thats what we all think.”

“And as her voice carried in the darkness, he wasnt sure where the borders between her story and his dream were. But he saw no more nightmares; he dreamed of a noble Sky Ghost and his little daughte...”

“Only super-efforts count.”

“I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.”

“That is what a well-guarded prayer life can reveal about us, that our trust is not in ourselves but in seeking God's strength for what we do. Prayer is not a substitute for action, but prayer under...”

“It took me years to figure out that upset was upset, and tumultuousness was not the same thing as passion. Love isn't drama.”

“I just wanted to tell you that I understand if you go. Its okay if you have to leave us. Its okay if you want to stop fighting.”

“I'd heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV, featuring some dragged-out woman with a limp perm and big, painted-on circles under her e...”

“Every great love starts with a great story...”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extend...”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”