If it is possible to die of grief then why on earth can't someone be healed by happiness?

Frankly, I wonder who Frank was, and why he has an adverb all to himself.

But it was like wearing a size five sneakers when your foot is a seven- you can get by for a few steps, and then you set down and pull off the shoes because it just plain much

You're unwilling to go out on a limb because it just might break underneath you.

He insisted that stars were people so well loved, they were traced in constellations, to live forever

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

There are so many ways a family can unravel. All it takes is a tiny slash of selfishness, a rip of greed, a puncture of bad luck. And yet, woven tightly, family can be the strongest bond imaginable.