but my dad said it was no excuse. "But I love him!" I had never seen my sister cry that much. "No, you don't." "I hate you!" "No, you don't." My dad can be very calm sometimes. "He's my whole world." "Don't ever say that about anyone again. Not even me." That was my mom.

I said no to having a beer. I once had a beer with my brother when I was twelve, and I just didn't like it. It's really that simple for me. [pp.37]

As I was walking up the stairs to dad's old room, and I was looking at the photographs, I started thinking that there was a time when these weren't memories. That someone actually took the photograph, and the people in the photograph had just eaten lunch or something.

I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that I don’t know if anyone else ever has.

I don't know if it's better to be close with your daughter or make sure that she has a better life than you do.

please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.

Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.