I’ve since come to understand that the universe operates on the same general equilibrium theory as markets.It never gives you something without making you pay for it somehow.

Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward. It's the future that's already dead, already played out.

Stains are even worse when you're the only one who can see them.

But then Mason touches my neck, to the spot on it where the cut from that night has since healed, and I pull away. He was right, after all; it didn't leave a scar, though part of me wishes it had. At least I'd have some evidence, some justification of this permanence. Stains are even worse when you're the only one who can see them.

Her hands were freezing, just like they always were, so I warmed them, just like I always did.

Forgivenesss: It's a miracle drug. It's God's miracle drug.

Don't be scared...Women can handle the worst kind of pain. You'll find out one day.