We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken us a lifetime to learn...for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together...this is the great paradox.

Tough toenails, tiger. What you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things.

I think I loved you more that summer than I ever loved anyone.

I want you to be.... happy.

She laughed, and the sound was so melodic that I knew I wanted to hear it again.

Believe it or not, that was the first time I recognized that in some ways she was just like the rest of us.

Doesn't surprise me," Nana snorted. "I wouldn't put anything past your late husband." "He's not dead, Nana." Nana sighed. "Hope springs eternal.