Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods.

Certain things need not be said, and there’s nothing, not a whisper, prayer, not a sacrifice, not a payment of any price, that would change what’s about to happen.

I never even believed in happiness. I didn't think it existed. Now look at me. I'm ready to believe in just about anything.

...but now the worst crime was pretending to be something you were not.

Unfinished business always comes back to haunt you, and a man who swears he'll love you forever isn't finished with you until he's done.

She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It was a talent, as it was a curse.

I read everything of Ray Bradbury when I was 12 or 13, and I think that's the most effective time to read Bradbury. He built such a moral world, where you have to make decisions and grow up.