Sometimes a man and a woman reach a crossroads and linger there, reluctant to take either way, knowing the wrong choice will mean the end... and knowing there’s so much worth saving.

we need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts.

Only children tell the whole truth, you know. That's what makes them children.

Sometimes the embers are better than the campfire.

Love is what moves the world, I've always thought...it is the only thing which allows men and women to stand in a world where gravity always seems to want to pull them down...bring them low...and make them crawl.

Hairstyles change, and skirt lengths, and slang, but high school administrations? Never.

He understood well enough how a man with a choice between pride and responsibility will almost always choose pride--if responsibility robs him of his manhood.