“I was calling you earlier when your name and number flashed up on my cells screen. But instead of it being you, it was Chris.You still have my number programed into your phone?”

“Touch me. Kiss me. I want you. Ive never done it just for my pleasure, just for fun.”

“Eager? Just a little, I breathed.”

“Colt, youre going to be a nurse, not a cop. If anything happens, Ill pay the fines for you.Still dont need it.Why? She paused for a moment, thinking. Because youre still trying to get into Daddys g...”

“Touch me. Kiss me. I want you. I’ve never done it just for my pleasure, just for fun.”

“Eager?” “Just a little,” I breathed.”

“I think the highest forgiveness is to accept that creation is thoroughly tangled, with every possible quality given outlet for expression. People need to accept once and for all that there is only ...”

“You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.”

“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”

“work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.”

“Happiness [is] only real when shared”

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”

“Soon enough, Miner stopped caring who was watching - for a brief time, he and Ennek were a universe of two.”

“We dont hide crazy, I said. We put it on the porch and let it entertain the neighbors.”

“Now wait a second..." Kenneth butted in."Yeah, we haven't asked you the questions yet," Brandon finished for Kenneth."Yeah, like what are your intentions toward our little Ryan," Patrick added, smi...”