Lies were only as strong as the suckers that believed them.

Since I was five, I've known that I was adopted, which is a politically correct term for being clueless about one's own origins.

It is a remarkable question- Do all the wonderful things happen when we are not aware of them?

It was possible that a miracle was not something that happened to you, but rather something that didn’t.

I'm telling you, if aliens landed on earth today and took a good hard look at why babies get born, they'd conclude that most people had children by accident, or because they drink too much on a certain night, or because birth control isn't one hundred percent, or for a thousand other reasons that really aren't very flattering.

If you've lived through it, you already know there are no words that will ever come close to describing it, and if you didn't - you will never understand.

I wonder if what makes a family a family isn't doing everything right all the time but, instead, giving a second chance to the people you love who do things wrong.