Besides being asked why I write about young characters, I am often asked how I write about young characters. How do I throw myself across the chasm of full adulthood to relive that period? I guess I don’t, really. Age is not so much a feature of your character, as the spot where you stand for a pretty fleeting time on the arc of your life.

He's had a lot of chances to care, and he hasn't.

I'm not going anywhere without you. We're swimming to China together. And if the worst happens, I'm dying with you before I'm living without you.

You don't have time, Len. That is the most bitter and the most beautiful pieve of advice I can offer. If you don't have what you want now, you don't have what you want. -pg276

The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Got that? -Coach Brevin

You know what the secret is? It's so simple. We love one another. We're nice to one another. Do you know how rare that is? - Carmen

A loving soul was always more beautiful over the long haul, but actual prettiness was fleeting.