“Good stories bare the heart and soul of human beings.”

“I can't tell her the truth. I cannot tell her that there is no such thing as okay. There is just life. Sometimes it will be good and other times it will be bad.”

“A cloud in a box would blow my mind, would knock my socks off. I hoped the gift was a cloud in a box. I was curious; I had my doubts.”

“It is a fine line to walk when teaching someone that life is both beautiful and dangerous, to open up to the world as well as be on guard.”

“Guardians were made from the beasts that rule their souls, forced to share a human body so they would be servants to the Keepers.”

“Being stigmatied by sex is being marked by its meaning in a human life of loneliness and imperfection, where some pain is indelible.”

“My heart searches for an escape. We're outside, so anywhere will do, but my soul roots her feet in place. I'm not going anywhere.”