Even the rats are drowning,' Alex said. Nah,' Kevin said. 'They've been taking swimming lessons at the Y.

We're all alive. We're all healthy. These are the good times.

I wonder if I'll ever have to decide which is worse, life as we're living or no life at all.

Life catches you by surprise. It always does. But there's good mixed in with the bad. It's there. You just have to recognize it.

Sometimes the rules don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy.

Because if I let myself feel the pain and the anger, I think it might kill me. Or I might kill someone else. I know it's wrong to feel that way about God and I know its's wrong to not feel anything. I hate it. I don't hate God. I hate not loving Him.

I hate the moon. I hate tides and earthquakes and volcanoes. I hate a world where things that have absolutely nothing to do with me can destroy my life and the lives of people I love.