Why can't the world be simpler, like it is for guinea pigs? They only have a few rules: Crying will get you attention. If it fits in your mouth, it's food. Scream if you don't get your share.

It's easy to remember only the good parts of people if you never see them. Real people are much more complicated.

Stay because you want to be here. Stay because we would miss you. And stay because you can belong in more than one place, and one of your places is with us.

I wish everyone had the same chances," I say. "Because it stinks a big one that they don't." - Catherine

When someone is upset, it’s not a good time to bring up your own problems.

People say it's better to know the truth, but what if the ending's a bad one? Is it still better to know? Or is it kinder to keep that string of hope dangling? To believe that maybe if you just wait long enough, everything could still end the way you want.

No toys in the fish tank