But sometimes, in order to win, you have to make sacrifices.

Do you know how, when you are on the verge of a breakdown, the world pounds in your ears; a rush of blood, of consequence? Do you now how it feels when the truth cuts your tongue to ribbons, and still you have to speak it?

The saddest day in the world will be the one when she stops pretending.

When the news you don't want to hear is looming before you like Everest, two things can happen. Tragedy can run you through like a sword, or it can become your backbone. Either you fall apart and sob, or you say, 'Right. What's next?

Losing Chloe had been like reading a wonderfulook only to realize that all the pages past a certain point were blank.

A fire can't burn forever. Eventually, it consumes itself.

Having a fantasy come true doesn't always mean it will be permanent.