I have only known her for two years. But if you took every memory, every moment, if you stretched them end to end-they'd reach forever.

Everyone still deserves to have their say.

It's certainly my honor to be able to, hopefully, change the world a tiny bit, one mind at a time.

You saved me," I said. Nathaniel put his hands on either side of my face. "I had to," he said. "So you could save me back.

You know it's never fifty-fifty in a marriage. It's always seventy-thirty, or sixty-forty. Someone falls in love first. Someone puts someone else up on a pedestal. Someone works very hard to keep things rolling smoothly; someone else sails along for the ride.

What's stronger-the need to uphold the law, or the motive to turn one's back on it?

a guardian ad litem... GAL is appointed by a court to be a child's advocate during legal proceedings that involve a minor. You don't have to be a lawyer to be trained as a GAL, but you have to have a moral compass and a heart. Which, actually probably renders most lawyers unqualified for the job.