I wonder if what makes a family a family isn't doing everything right all the time but, instead, giving a second chance to the people you love who do things wrong.

As for his name, well, what attorney wouldn't want to be able put a Judge in a crate every now and then?

Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had.

Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence.

Listen,” she said. “I may not be what you want right now, but I’m all you’ve got.

She understood what it was like to stand right in front of people you loved, even though they could not see you.

It was a catch-22: If you didn’t put the trauma behind you, you couldn’t move on. But if you did put the trauma behind you, you willingly gave up your claim to the person you were before it happened.