Hopefully, more and more people will come to understand that a child who's "different from" is not one who is "lesser than."

I believe that having something to hope for - even if it's just a better tomorrow- is the most powerful drug on this planet.

The saddest day in the world will be the one when she stops pretending.

What could you give me," I ask, my voice shaking, "to make me forget ... that you forgot about me?

And sometimes, he was less lucid. He'd run around his cell like a caged animal; he'd rock back and forth; he'd swing from topic to topic as if it was the only way to cross the jungle of his thoughts.

Sometimes when you find something you didn't really realize you were looking for, you just don't know how to react.

Wheather it is conscious or not, you eventually make the decision to divide your life in half - before and after - with loss being that tight bubble in the middle. You can move around in spite of it; you can laugh and smile and carry on with your life, but all it takes is one slow range of motion, a doubling over, to be fully aware of the empty space at your center.