“That was the Jason most people never noticed. The one who made an effort to spare someone else's feelings. He was being kind to my darling. I cast an affectionate glance at his back.”

“It pleased me to think of his being happy.It really pleased me to think that I might have influenced another being's emotions.”

“He didn't look back or wave, although I watched. He just assumed Shaun was there, and would always be there.Humans take so much for granted.”

“An eternity of wishing to speak directly to my Creator - I thought in despair - and this is how He finally contacts me? Through AOL Instant Messenger?”

“the door to his room is open.his face amooth in sleep.Lips relaxed,boys lips, i remember can be so rough, so tender, so sweet.So full of lies.”

“Then he smiled—a lovely sunbeam of a grin.”

“I see what's going on," I said. "You're confusing beauty with this society's current idea of perfection of visual form.”