He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood.

You could say that this book is ripped from the headlines, but that wouldn't be fair. Bret Anthony Johnston's riveting novel picks up where the tabloids leave off, and takes us places even the best journalism can't go. Remember Me Like This is a wise, moving, and troubling novel about family and identity, and a clear-eyed inventory of loss and redemption.

When things don't go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a bunch of idiots.

To this day, she’s still sad. Because there’s not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it. I’m just saying that I took the pain that was inside of her at that moment and made it my own. And it didn’t hurt me at all.

It just so happened that for most of my life I've lived in the suburbs.

I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.

Once you'd broken through that invisible barrier that separates one person from another, you were connected forever, whether you liked it or not.