It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it.

There is no one truth. There’s only what happened, based on how you perceive it.

You have everything. A family, a great job, a lot of people who look up to you. You've got a place to go home to. So go.

I leaned forward and kissed him. And again. As if I were passing him all those silent words I cound not say, the ones that explained my biggest secret: that I might not have OI but I knew how he (Adam) felt. That I was breaking apart, too, all the time."-Amelia

I know better than most people that a criminal isn't always a thug in a black leather jacket with a big brand on his forehead to warn us away. Criminals sit next to us on the bus. They pack our groceries and cash our paychecks for us and teach our children. They look no different from you or me. And that's why they get away with it.

There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.

These days her entire life was about making people believe she was someone she wasn't anymore.