According to the conventions of the genre, Augustus Waters kept his sense of humor till the end, did not for a moment waiver in his courage, and his spirit soared like an indomitable eagle until the world itself could not contain his joyous soul.

I didn't know what to say to her - I was caught in a love triangle with one dead side.

We just sat there quiet for a long time, which was fine, and I was thinking about way back in the very beginning in the Literal Heart of Jesus.

You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.

That didn’t happen, of course. Things never happened the way I imagined them.

I'm not embarrassed by my faith, and I'm also not embarrassed by my doubt.

Tiny Cooper is splayed out across the thin carpet, using his backpack as a pillow. He’s wearing skinny jeans, which look very much like denim sausage casings.