Love was also an easy word, used carelessly. Felons and creeps could offer it coated in sugar, and users could dangle it so enticingly that you wouldn't notice that it had things attached - heavy things, things like pity and need, that were weighty as anchors and iron beams and just as impossible to get out from underneath.

Look right at it. Know you can." Dad said. "Look right at that fear. Fear is the biggest bullshitter.

Love can come when you're already who you are, when you're filled with you. Not when you look to someone else to fill the empty space.

Maybe I was being too picky. Maybe I didn't want to be close to anyone. Maybe I'd just be the type who couldn't feel love all the way or something. I couldn't tell what was wrong, but what was wrong was that it just wasn't right.

I thought I might cry, the way you do when someone gives you some kindness when you most need it but when it seems the most surprising thing.

What Dino spent most of his time doing was hiring and firing new managers. Since he ditched William Tiero three-plus years ago, he just want through these poor guys like you go through a bag of M&M's when you've got your period. Consume, and on the the next.

You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.