“We can see for ourselves how beautiful we both are.”

“Down on my knees again. Worship isnt enough.Peter leaned forward and rubbed his forehead against Charlies. Im going to like this, he murmured. Daily services. Hourly services.”

“You go on and on and on. Ill never get to the end of you.”

“I found out very early that the more you want to hold people the more they want to be free.”

“Ive known a boy. Ive measured beauty. What more do I want?”

“I’ll tell you, but it’s a whole book.”

“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.”