I had this idea about terrible things happening to orphans, and I knew it was such a horrible idea that the idea of writing it down and then submitting it professionally was obviously absurd.

To hear the phrase "our only hope" always makes one anxious, because it means that if the only hope doesn't work, there is nothing left.

Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure.

It was a secret time and place, you next to me, untraceable and out of this world

For Beatrice, our love broke my heart, and stopped yours.

Take back the smile and the night, take it all back, I wish I could.

I love no one but you, I have discovered, but you are far away and I am here alone.