It was the perfect moment to tell her. This is my last year. But I couldn’t say it. Not yet. I wanted another minute, another hour, another night of pretending this wasn’t the end.

It's very ugly' I said generously. 'But it looks as though it would laugh at snow. And, if you hit a deer it would hiccup, and keep going.

He left Chainsaw behind, much to her irritation. Ronan didn't want her to learn any bad language.

we're watchers of this world aren't we? not players

In the darkness, he is invisible, but I can still feel him beside me. Sometimes you don't have to see something to know it is there.

We all, one day, realize that we’re not going to be kids forever and we’re going to grow up.

Lunch." I said. "Immediately. I'm going to wither away to absolutely nothing. Then you'll be racked with guilt." "I doubt it.