People in the real world would kill for a happily ever after, and you're willing to just throw it away ?" I look away from her. "It's hardly a happily ever after when you wind up right at the beginning.

I ...understand how a parent might hit a child- it's because you can look into their eyes and see a reflection of yourself that you wish you hadn't.

If you've lived through it, you already know there are no words that will ever come close to describing it, and if you didn't - you will never understand.

There are some weapons you can't protect yourself against.

Eric understands that the world is rarelythe way it is supposed to be. And he knows that, given the chance, we don't have to wait for someone to make messes of our lives. We do a good enough job, ourselves.

I don't understand why it's a sin if you love something and want to keep it from having to suffer.

In this new place we've found, sometimes there aren't words, because the truth can be even more difficult than the lies.