IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding.

Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't.

Can't escape pain, kiddo. Battle through it and you get stronger.

I am super proud of being an American, but we fail our veterans every day.

None of [the books are] worth reading. There are no fairy tales, no faerie tails, no sword-swinging princesses or lightning-throwing gods.

This is wonderful, wonderful! Be the bird. You are the bird. Sacrifice yourself to abandoned family values.

She cannot chain my soul. Yes, she could hurt me. She'd already done so...I would bleed, or not. Scar, or not. Live, or not. But she could not hurt my soul, not unless I gave it to her.