Coal miners don't get coal miners' block.

The times that were most fun seemed always to be followed by sadness now, because it was when life started to feel like it did when she was with us that we realized how utterly gone she was.

The minister said, “Let us pray,” but as everyone else bowed their head, I could only stare slack-jawed at the sight of Peter Van Houten. After a moment, he whispered, “We gotta fake pray,” and bowed his head.

If I had cared about her as I should have, as I thought I did, how could I have let her go?

Do the thing you're good at. Not many people are lucky enough to be so good at something.

Stop thinking about the landing, because it's all about falling.

weltschmerz: its the depression you feel when the world as it is does not line up with the world as you think it should be.