Charlie Marlowe never wrote horror, but somehow horror was writing Charlie Marlowe.

I wasn't certain of anything anymore, except that New Orleans was a faithless friend and I wanted to leave her.

Sometimes we set off down a road thinkin' we're goin' one place and we end up another. But that's okay. The important thing is to start.

Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.

Sometimes kindness can be delivered in a clumsy way. But it's far more sincere in its clumsiness than those distinguished men you read about in books. Your father was very clumsy.

Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness. There's love and emotion trying to express itself, but at the time, it just ends up being awkward.

Mrs. Rimas cried at the mention of the wafer and the traditional Christmas blessing. "God grant that we are all together again next year.