A sacrament--like marriage--means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God never gives up.

If history has a habit of repeating itself, doesn't someone have to stay behind to shout out a warning?

My mother walks forward. She's crying, but there's a smile on her face. For God's sake, is it any wonder I can't ever understand what you people are feeling?

by now you've already formed your own impression. you believe that an act committed a lifetime ago defines a man, or you believe that a person's past has nothing to do with his future. you think i am either a hero, or a monster. maybe knowning more about circumstances will make you think differently about me, but it won't change what happened twenty-eight years ago.

I wish I could tell him I understand: the higher you raise your hopes, the farther you have to fall.

Time is an optical illusion- never quite as soild or strong as we think it is

As Lacy waited for her turn to speak on Peter's behalf, she thought back to the first time she realized she could hate her own child.