That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.

It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems.

On the drive we talked easily, but we did make a small detour. After pulling into a rest stop, we made out like teenagers.

It is at moments like these that I know my what my purpose is in life. I am here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you. I am here to learn from you and to receive your love in return.I am here because there is no other place to be.

It's strange, I think, the way our lives turn out. Moments of circumstance, when later combined with conscious decisions and actions and a boatload of hope, can eventually forge a future that seems predestined.

I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something.

You know...it's a hard age. Kids are in that stage where they're beginning to understand the world of adults, without having the maturity of adults to deal with everything going on around them.