I knew her well enough to understand that when Delia pushed you away, it was her way of making sure she didn't get shoved first.

in nineteen minutes you can norder a pizza and have it delivered. You can read a story to a child or have your oil changed. You can walk a mile. You can sew a hem. In nineteen minutes you can get revenge.

Inside each of us is a monster; inside each of us is a saint. The real question is which one we nurture the most, which one will smite the other.

Doctors put a wall up between themselves and their patients; nurses broke it down.

I think that's probably the most devastating thing - when someone who is larger than life winds up a shadow of themselves in a hospital bed.

When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves: one for your enemy, and one for yourself.

Eventually, I told myself not to expect anything from him, and as a result it has gotten easier for me to take what comes.