I guess this was what it felt like to love someone and feel like you had lost them. Even when you were still holding them in your arms.

There are more reasons for people's actions than the number of actions that are actually set in motion.

Old paper, which my mom used to say was the smell of time itself.

I am powerful because of who and what I am. Not because of who I am not.

She yanked my plate away and took it to the sink. She rinsed some bones that looked like pork shoulder, which was weird since we'd had chicken tonight.

For me a book has always been a chance to reach out and connect to someone and not be alone.

It's not easy to be Light when you've been Dark. It's almost too much to ask anyone. -Macon Ravenwood