You don't need water to feel like you're drowning, do you?

be a good listener, don't judge and don't put boundaries on someone else's grief.

I drew it over my skin like a violins bow, No one would ever hear the song of my shame.

There was a fine line between love and hate you heard that cliche all the time. But no one told you that the moment you crossed it would be the one you least expected. You'd fall in love and crack open a secret door to let your soul mate in. You just never expected such closeness one day to feel like an intrusion.

You know what I noticed when I was with Jacob? In your world, people can reach each other in an instant. There's the telephone, and the fax - and on the computer you can talk to someone all the way around the world. You've got people telling their secrets on TV talk shows, and magazines that publish pictures of movie stars trying to hide their homes. All those connections, but everyone there seems so lonely.

Everyone has a book inside of them - but it doesn't do any good until you pry it out.

A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others.