i'm sure i'm worth a lot more dead than alive

Princes don't come around everyday, and happy endings don't grow on trees

Prayer is like water - something you can't imagine has the strength or power to do any good, and yet give it time and it can change the lay of the land.

Can you imagine what it would be like to know that your life was just going to be a series of days that were all the same, that were do-overs?

As Lacy waited for her turn to speak on Peter's behalf, she thought back to the first time she realized she could hate her own child.

Was there a language of loss? Did everyone who suffered speak a different dialect?

You know how every now and then, you have a moment where your whole life stretches out ahead of you like a forked road, and even as you choose one gritty path you've got your eyes on the other the whole time, certain that you're making a mistake.