A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping.

Who knew that listening to a guy sleep could be so much deeper than sleeping with a guy.

Bravery is feeling fear but doing the thing anyway.

For mad I may be, but I will never be convenient.

There is only one thing I fear now-love. For I have seen it and I have felt it and I know that it is love, not death, that undoes us.

History is a Rorschach test, people. What you see when you look at it tells you as much about yourself as it does about the past.

Make them care, Mattie,' she said softly. 'And don't you ever be sorry.' -Emily Wilcox