No matter what Joe Hoffman and Wade Preston say, it's not gender that makes a family; it's love. You don't need a mother and a father; you don't necessarily even need two parents. You just need someone who's got your back.

I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet.

I think that ordinary people who are placed in extraordinary circumstances find themselves pushed beyond their limits, and learn new truths about themselves.

If words had flavors, hers would be bitter almonds and coffee grounds.

Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you were never quite the same as you'd been before the fall.

Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they are blinded, instead, by the best interests of another one of their children, the system breaks down.

Sometimes I think my whole life has been about holding on to you.