“People are complicated, she said. Didnt they teach you that in biography school?”

“As the chapters took shape, a change came over her. It was the double-sided recognition that this book, the last that she would write, might achieve esteem and success equal to her great novel, but...”

“What spares us is memory, he said. Its what makes us worth saving. However low we sink, whatever promise we no longer fulfill, we tell our stories. Thats why youre so important, Charlie. Youre a gu...”

“Of course, when you fall out of love, its rarely about just one failure or one betrayal, is it? . . . How does it happen? All those things you once loved about each other are replaced by other thin...”

“Take a seat, Charlie, he said. Ill kill you in a few minutes. Itll be good for you.”

“Over the years, Skye sampled every drug she could find, and like many addicts, had a working knowledge of pharmacology. She snorted coke and swallowed pills. She took downersorange and red Seconal,...”

“I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.”

“Her question was clear-Father, where does the Loss reside?In the sighs?Cheeks with tears wiped?A lost appetite?Owning a room confined?Or in the smiles all falsified?Thus, the Father decide,It is no...”

“Find time for a private conversation with your creator so that you can ask Him about the purpose of your existence”

“Love is always fresh as morning dew.”

“May you love blossom like a lily.”

“Over everything, I choose you”

“What spares us is memory, he said. Its what makes us worth saving. However low we sink, whatever promise we no longer fulfill, we tell our stories. Thats why youre so important, Charlie. Youre a gu...”

“Take a seat, Charlie, he said. Ill kill you in a few minutes. Itll be good for you.”

“What spares us is memory,” he said. “It’s what makes us worth saving. However low we sink, whatever promise we no longer fulfill, we tell our stories. That’s why you’re so important, Charlie. You’r...”