I can see that one can never pay back Gilsa for the fear that she will give again.

Even the jerks earn some of our affection. We can be glad they're gone and yet still mourn the good parts.

I'm sorry Finn. I'm a wooden-headed dummy.' Don't be so hard on yourself,' said Finn. 'You're just a straw-brained scarecrow.

I'm going to find whoever is responsible for me sleeping out side with outside without pillows and kick them in the shins!-Enna

A heart's a heart, in a child or a man. You are tougher than you feel right now. Your roots are deep, your canopy's spread wide. You're going to show everyone what it means to be a king.

In some ways, I don’t feel as if I had a choice. Looking back at my childhood, even before I could read and write, I was making up stories. I love reading and I love telling stories, and the times in my life when I’ve tried to ignore that part of me, I’ve gone a little crazy. Characters start tugging on my sleeves, words start haunting me, and I feel generally unsatisfied. Really, being a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice.

Just like the old adage--what you dislike most in other people is what you dislike the most in yourself--