Normal, in our house, is like a blanket too short for a bed--sometimes it covers you just fine, and other times it leaves you cold and shaking; and worst of all, you never know which of the two it's going to be.

Men don't traipse. We... Swagger

She felt a cage coming down around her; too late she realized that he had her trapped by the heart. And like any unwilling animal that was well and truly caught, she could escape only by leaving a piece of herself behind.

But then again, maybe bad things happen because it’s the only way we can keep remembering what good is supposed to look like.

I have loved before, but it didn’t feel like this. I have kissed before, but it didn’t burn me alive. Maybe it lasts a minute, and maybe it’s an hour. All I know is that kiss, and how soft her skin is when it brushes against mine, and that, even if I did not know it until now, I have been waiting for this person forever.

I have always written about subjects that engage me - questions I can't answer myself. They apparently tend to be big moral and ethical issues!

It took me a lifetime to realizethings don't get lost if they don't have value- you don't miss what you don't care about.