“I will love you always. When this red hair is white, I will still love you. When the smooth softness of youth is replaced by the delicate softness of age, I will still want to touch your skin. When...”

“Only love of a good woman will make a man question every choice, every action. Only love makes a warrior hesitate for fear that his lady will find him cruel. Only love makes a man both the best he ...”

“Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more.”

“Love is too precious to be ashamed of.”

“People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening.”

“-Please, Anita, go home, and dont freak. Just go home, and be happy. Be happy, and let everyone around you be happy. Is that so hard?When Jason said it like that, it didnt seem hard. In fact, it se...”

“I knew from the moment I heard you, the moment I saw the gun and realized that this lovely, petit woman was the executioner, that you would never die waiting for me to save you - that you would sav...”

“Why is everything always my decision?" I asked.Because you will not tolerate anything else."Oh, I remembered now. "Great", I whispered.- Anita to Jean-Claude”

“I looked at Micah, who shrugged. I looked at Rafael, who shook his head. Nice that none of us knew why he was undressing.”

“Sometimes you fight what you are, and sometimes you give in to it. And some nights you just dont want to fight yourself anymore, so you pick someone else to fight.”

“Sendak is in search of what he calls a "yummy death". William Blake set the standard, jumping up from his death bed at the last minute to start singing. "A happy death," says Sendak. "It can be don...”

“Don't tie your success to anything other than what's inside you”

“Aurora! Dad came running out.Over here.Were going to head home. Dad leaned against a post at the bottom of the steps. Hey, guys. Whatre you talking about?I smiled. Justgirl stuff.Tampons, Blake blu...”