“What if love wasn't the act of finding what you were missing but the give-and-take that made you both match?”

“People believed what they wanted to believe, no matter what was right in front of their eyes.”

“What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?”

“Maybe you had to come close to losing something before you could remember its value.”

“I like the word evil. Scramble it a little and you will get vile and live. Good, on the other hand, is just a command to go do.”

“How do you do it?""Do what?""All of it. You know. Go to class and practice. Make it through the day. Act like ... like none if it mattered."Jason swore beneath his breath and pulled the car over. T...”

“nights and days came and passedand summer and winterand the sun and the windand the rain.and it was good to be a little islanda part of the worldand a world of its ownall surrounded by the bright b...”

“When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground it makes a loud crashing sound. When a window shatters a table leg breaks or when a picture falls off the wall it makes a noise. But as for your heart...”

“A good friend of mine once said, "I have never met a bigot who was a reader as a child.”