And the very act of living is a tide; at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one day you look down and see how much pain has eroded

I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them. Brian Fitzgerald, talking about his children.

Sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.

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.

Sometimes, all it takes to become human again is someone who can see you that way, no matter how you present on the surface.

You can't be real," Delilah murmurs. "Says who?" I ask. "Did you really think that a story exists only when you're reading it?

‎Pick ten strangers and stick them in a room, and ask them which of us they feel sorrier for - you or me - and we all know who they'll choose.