Her hands quieted. "Yeah. Because even if the law says that no one is responsible for anyone else, helping someone who needs it is the right thing to do." I sat down beside her, close enough that the skin of her arm hummed right next to mine. "You really believe that?" She looked down at her lap "Yeah." Then how," I asked, "can you walk away from me?

I personally subscribe to the belief that normal is just a setting on the dryer.

words are like nets - we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy, or grief, or wonder.

Life is not a plot; it's in the details.

On the surface, we're polar opposites. Under the skin, though, we're the same: people think they know what they're getting, and they're always wrong.

There is a place in you that you don't even know exists, where you can simply stand back and watch without feeling any pain.

I am Alice in Wonderland', Josie thought. 'Watch me fall.