I can't pass a bookstore without slipping inside, looking for the next book that will burn my hand when I touch its jacket, or hand me over a promissory note of such immense power that it contains the formula that will change everything about me.

I was trying to unravel the complicated trigonometry of the radical thought that silence could make up the greatest lie ever told.

She had awakened something in him that had slumbered far too long. Not only did he feel passion, he felt the return of hope.

One does not know where love will take you.

I was the only person in the world who thought it was a military duty to appear to be in a good mood.

We've pretended too much in our family, Luke, and hidden far too much. I think we're all going to pay a high price for our inability to face the truth.

The safe places could only be visited; they could only grant a momentary intuition of sanctuary. The moment always came when we had to return to our real life to face the wounds and grief indigenous to our homr by the river.