“At this point, I realize: He is making a monster of me.”

“Ill rid the world of each one of you, he whispered. Every single one”

“Theres an innocence to her still that amazes me. Sometimes I forget shes older than me. Then, I remember that she hasnt gone through what Ive gone through.”

“I know you dont understand, but sometimes we have to go back to go forward, he says.”

“I dont give sick days if youre playing in the snow. Hes being funny, or trying to be funny. I can never tell which.”

“Who am I kidding? This isnt a fairy tale. Its my life.”

“Theres an innocence to her still that amazes me. Sometimes I forget shes older than me. Then, I remember that she hasnt gone through what Ive gone through.”

“I dont give sick days if youre playing in the snow. Hes being funny, or trying to be funny. I can never tell which.”

“This world isnt a fair place, because we never know how much time weve really got.”

“Waking up every cold morning is always a problem especially now it's raining daily but I thank God for Proverbs 24:33 which says "...A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands ...”

“Dark spruce frowned on either side of the frozen waterway.”

“She tilted her head back, breathing deeply. It was a stone gray day, the sea a bleak slate broken up by whitecaps, the sky pleated with thick ripples of cloud. A hard wind filled the sails, carryin...”