being physically intimidating didn't keep you from getting your feelings hurt. Everyone's heart is the same size.

Some wounds cut us so deep that they stop us. Stop us from letting go, from growing up, from seeing the truth.

When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why should I?

I got out my jar of ointment. I knew animators who had special containers for the ointment. Crockery, hand-blown glass, mystical symbols carved into the sides. I used an old Mason jar that had once held Grandma Blake's green beans. Larry fished out a peanut butter jar with the label still on it. Extra-crunchy. Yum-Yum.

I feel that if you are blessed, or lucky enough, to be doing well, you should help others.

You are an abomination before God. Jesus loves you too, I said smiling.

I will love you always. When this red hair is white, I will still love you. When the smooth softness of youth is replaced by the delicate softness of age, I will still want to touch your skin. When your face is full of the lines of every smile you have ever smiled, of every surprise I have seen flash through your eyes, when every tear you have ever cried has left its mark upon your face,I will treasure you all the more, because I was there to see it all. I will share your life with you, Meredith, and I will love you until the last breath leaves your body or mine.