Sometimes, kids want you to hurt the way they hurt.

How do people choose their final words? Do they realize their gravity? Are they fated to be wise?

It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.

You're not listening with your eyes.

The manager once called me the 'best freak' in his stable, and, sad as it sounds, I took pride in that. When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished.

With Marguerite, he wanted only time—more and more time—and he was granted it, nighttimes and daytimes and nighttimes again.

I shot you, all right," he said, "and you lost something, but you gained something as well. You just don't know it yet. I gained something, too." What?" I got to keep my promise. I didn't leave you behind.