It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.

if you put your trust in God, you’ll be all right in the end.

They continued to watch each other from across the room, both frozen for a moment by the shadow of distant possibilities.

Poets knew that isolation in nature, far from people and things man-made, was good for the soul, and he'd always identified with poets.

What mattered most was knowing that love was mine to give, without strings or expectations.

Ironically, he'd yet to leave a good impression. First he'd spilled soda on her, next she'd seen him almost involved in a riot, and then this morning she'd believed him to be either lazy or an idiot.

I wanted to write a story that was different than what I've done before - so I decided to write dual love stories that will keep the reader wondering how the stories will come together by the end.