Who I am, and what I am capable of doing has always managed to surprise me.

A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others.

For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love.

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

Do you know how sometimes - when you are riding your bike and you start skidding across sand, or when you miss a step and start tumbling down the stairs - you have those long, long seconds to know that you are going to be hurt, and badly?

If you live in each other's pockets long enough, you're related.

I smiled at him as best I could and pushed the paper across the table before he could change his mind. Because Henry DeVille was correct - there was an ingredient in my baking more concenctrated than any extract, more pungent than any spice; an ingredient that everyone would recognize and no one was able to name: it was regret, and it rose when one least expected.