"Aren't you frightened?" Somehow I expected her to say no, to say something wise like a grownup would, or to explain that we can't presume to understand the Lord's plan. She looked away. "Yes," she finally said, "I'm frightened all the time." "Then why don't you act like it?" "I do. I just do it in private." "Because you don't trust me?" "No," she said, "because I know you're frightened, too."

Because in the end, and no matter how hard it is, acceptance helps people move on with the rest of their lives.

One day you're going to learn something that can't be explained with science. And when that happens, your life's going to change in ways you can't imagine.

There's nothing you can tell me that will change how I feel about you. Nothing. Because that isn't you. It's never been you. You're the woman I've come to know. The woman I love.

without music he felt aimless and adrift.

I don't write romance novels.

I don't pray because it doesn't work. Prayer doesn't fix anything. Bad things happen anyway.