Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.

You know it's never fifty-fifty in a marriage. It's always seventy-thirty, or sixty-forty. Someone falls in love first. Someone puts someone else up on a pedestal. Someone works very hard to keep things rolling smoothly; someone else sails along for the ride.

Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.

What's stronger-the need to uphold the law, or the motive to turn one's back on it?

When you can not find someone, it is because you've been misdirected to look elsewhere

You signed no contract to become a parent, but the responsibilities were written in invisible ink. There was a point when you had to support your child, even if no one else would. It was your job to rebuild the bridge, even if your child was the one who burned it in the first place.

Nathaniel closes his eyes and jumps, his arms glued to his sides like that fly's. He doesn't try to break his fall, just hits hard, because it hurts less than everything else.