You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.

"It's gonna be okay," I said. It was the first time in a long time that I believed it. "It will."

There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.

Just like that, with one phone call, she was a daughter again.

Not for the first time, I wished both of us could just say what we meant. But that, like so much else, was impossible

I just do the best I can under the circumstances.

I told you, everyone understands a quest.