Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.

think about it: Romeo and Juliet bucked the system, and look where it got them. Superman has the hots for Lois Lane, when the better match, of course, would be with Wonder Woman.

Like the teens I worked with, I understood the need for miracles--they kept reality from paralyzing you

Things don't always look as they seem.

The reason I am still sitting at Josef's kitchen table is the same reason traffic slows after a car wreck- you want to see the damage; you can't let yourself pass without that mental snapshot. We are drawn to horror even as we recoil from it.

Bleeding heart, he’d called her. Well. He should know. He’d been the first to rip it to pieces.