“Monsters dont get happy endings.”

“I laugh as an unfamiliar feeling envelops me. I think it might be happiness.”

“Were like magnets, you know. Only Im spinning, so I keep pulling you in and then pushing you away. I like you, but then you hurt me, so I run. I like you, but then something makes things feel impos...”

“I think about the way Baz teased me earlier, how he wanted to know what it felt like to have someone who would do anything for me. Maybe it sounds comforting to know there is a person out there who...”

“Jesse stirs again. This time his fingers twitch. As much as I want to see him open his eyes, I cant be here for that. Itll make leaving him too hard. I turn toward the doorway and Im outside in the...”

“I remember a time when all I wanted was a gun and to learn how to use it. I thought a gun would make me feel safe. I thought a gun would make me feel powerful. But right now I just feel . . . heavy...”

“Time defines sacred events.”

“May you find the possibilities in every moment.”

“Many of the most deeply spiritual moments of my life haven't happened just in my mind or in my soul. They happened while holding my son in the middle of the night, or watching the water break along...”