Things that break - be they bones, hearts, or promises - can be put back together but will never really be whole.

I think there are two different oceans - the one that plays with you in the summer, and the one that gets so mad in the winter.

People are always afraid of the unknown - and banding together against the Thing That Is Different From Us is a time-honoured tradition for rallying the masses.

When I was little I bragged about my firefighting father: my father would go to heaven, because if he went to hell he would put out all the fires.

After a certain point, a heart with so many stress fractures can never be anything but broken.

Lie to yourself until it's true.

You get through it, you just never get over it