Things aren't good or bad in and of themselves. It's what we do with them that makes them so.

Prepared to fly, even if she has to loose her legs to do it

When I dream, I dream of him. For several nights now he’s come to me, waving from a distant shore as if he’s been waiting patiently for me to arrive. He doesn’t utter a word, but his smile says everything: I’ve missed you.

They kept the lie going, and the people loved it.

The beast attempts a beautific look that could be mistaken for a bout of painful wind.

Because there's nothing wrong with you... that can't be fixed.

Come awake, Tom. Fathers can willfully hurt their children. They can be addicts too weak to give up their vices, no matter the pain it causes. Mothers can turn you invisible with neglect. They can erase you with a denial, a refusal to see. Friends can deceive you. People lie. It is a cold, hard world. I do not blame Nell Hawkins for retreating from it into a madness of her own choosing.