It's a tragic fact to die in an accident

My heart was a little bit broken, but I still had to go to school. I buttoned my dress shirt over it and my winter coat, too. I hoped it didn't show too much.

Sometimes books don't find us until the right time.

It's hard to believe. Where does the times go?' Betty sighs. 'I've always hated that phrase. It makes it would like time went on a holiday, and is expected back any day now. Time flies is another one I hate. Apparently, time does quite a bit of traveling, though.

Intimacy doesn't have all that much to do with backseats of cars. Real intimacy is brushing your teeth together.

I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we are young - the books I read as a child have stayed with me my entire life - and yet, the people who write about books, for the most part, completely ignore children's literature.

The truth is, sometimes too much can happen in a relationship, and then there's nothing anyone can do or say. It's broken.