He also keeps his silence when Bible passages become shredded to justify unwinding, and kids start to see the face of God in the fragments.

How can you do the right thing when you can't figure out what that is? When all you have before you are choices in various shades of wrong?

You may feel a tugging sensation near your ankles.

The thing was, if I had found a way to escape- even for just a little while- I knew the pain would be there waiting for me when I got back.

Walls don't fall without effort.

What can fingerprints mean when they’re not necessarily yours?

When you truly start to care about someone you become vulnerable to all sorts of things.