The truth was, history repeated itself on a daily basis; mistakes were made over and over. People were haunted by what they had done, and by what they hadn't had time to do.

There's no way to convince her that just because you put half. planet between you and someone else, you can't drive that person out of your thoughts. Believe me. I've tried.

What makes a treasure a treasure." Marine replied, "is how rare a find it is, when you need it the most.

Sometimes Chris wished he could sneak a peek at the back of the book, so to speak, and see how it was all going to turn out, so that he wouldn't have to bother going through the motions.

He gently touched his mother's cheek, felt her sorrow slip over his fingertips.

You always knew after shitty things happened, who your friends really were.

Stem cell research has become such a polarizing issue in America... and I wanted to bring it down to the personal level, instead of the political.