Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

I couldn't sit by and watch them try to take her down. Not her.

Because life goes on, L. The birds do their thing, and the bees do theirs. Seeds get scattered, and everything grows back.

Sometimes everyone does the right thing and there's still a mess left to clean up. Someone has to take responsibility for it.

Yeah, right. The things that I'm afraid of? You wouldn't even believe." "You're afraid to trust me.

There wasn't enough chocolate in the world to make this better.

Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be.