The waves of pain that had only lapped at me before now reared high up and washed over my head, pulling me under. I did not resurface.

Thats the beautiful thing about being human: Things change.

I peeked up at him one more time, and regretted it. He was glaring down at me again, his black eyes full of revulsion. As I flinched away from him, shrinking against my chair, the phrase if looks could kill suddenly ran through my mind.

=> When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile. => Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. => It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

I just know I'm too much of a wuss for Stephen King's books. I'm way too chicken to read horror.

My name is Jared Howe. I haven't spoken to another human being in more than two years, so I'm sure I must seem...a little crazy to you.

I don’t like to lie – so there’d better be a good reason why I’m doing it.