Why is life so complicated....?' I asked. 'To keep us from being bored,' he said.

Writing, for me, is the best occupation I can think of, and there is nothing in the world I would rather do.

It's what they say to do when you're depressed, you know. Walk in someone else's shoes for a while, and your own won't feel so tight.

There were so many of these moments that could never be captured accurately, even in the camcorder, only in the heart.

We all have our own battles to fight, and sometimes we have to go it alone. I'm stronger than you think, you'd be surprised.

I also know that you can lie not only by what you say but what you don't say.

…and I’m thinking how nothing is as simple as you guess-not right or wrong, not Judd Travers, not even me or this dog I got here. But the good part is I saved Shiloh and opened my eyes some. Now that ain’t bad for eleven.