people think they know what they're getting, and they're always wrong.

I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet.

newborns reminded her of tiny buddhas

You saved me," I said. Nathaniel put his hands on either side of my face. "I had to," he said. "So you could save me back.

She shrugged. "You can be happy for someone else's good fortune, but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck.

I shouldn't have eavesdropped, but sometimes, that's the only way to find out the truth.

Dante believed God punished suicides by trapping the person's spirit in a tree trunk. On Judgment Day, they were the only sinners who didn't get their souls back, because they tried to get rid of them once before.