You're not the only piece of patchwork birds can pull worms from.

Everybody knows that smiling is for little girls, the gays and certain kinds of fish who are smiling by accident.

Love makes no mistakes.

Jordan tattoos the words "forgive me" in thick black letters down the inside of his arm so that when he looks at his wrist he will remember not to hate himself so much. What he keeps forgetting is that there is life after survival.

I am standing like shoe polish on an overstocked shelf hoping that one day someone will pick me to make things better.

Even good hearts know how to turn bad touch and genocide into clichés just to make room for more comfort.

The best songs are the ones about Georgia, even though I've never been there. It's the only place I still believe in Jesus.