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

“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?”

“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.”

“First lesson learned: Knowing doesn't hold a candle to doing.”

“It seemed that the pleasure of cursing wasn't about volume, but about vehemence.”

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