It was possible that a miracle was not something that happened to you, but rather something that didn’t.

Raw love, like raw heartache, could blindside you.

Joseph Obomsawin, the elder I lived with there, says that those who turn to animals do so because humans have let them down.

What if what you know isn’t what people want to hear?

[I] don't think I was trying to kill myself. I just wanted to hurt, and understand exactly whay I was hurting. This made sense: you cut, you felt pain, period.

Anna is the only proof I have that I was born into this family. Instead of dropped off on the doorstep by some Bonnie and Clyde couple that ran off into the night. 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. (Jesse)

Things break all the time. Day breaks, waves break, voices break. Promises break. Hearts break.