“As we watched the soldiers and the Rambo disappear I remember feeling preternaturally calm. This is what deep, deep fear does to you. It turns you into a state of unfeeling.”

“Dreams are nervy thingsall it takes is for one stern word to be spoken in their direction and they shrivel up and die. ”

“A Prayer was like a tickle.Sooner or later God would have to look down to see what was tickling his bum.”

“For six days I didnt get up except to make a cup of tea, or fry an egg, or lie in the skinny bath gazing at a cracked ceiling. The days punished me with their slowness, piling up the hours on me, s...”

“I had found a new friend. The surprising thing is where Id found him not up a tree or sulking in the shade, or splashing around in one of the hill streams, but in a book. No one had told us kids t...”

“I could have run after him. I could have asked politely for some clarification. But I didnt I knew what I preferred, and that wasI didnt want to know. Rather, I wanted to believe.”

“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”

“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”