“The Giant rested back in his chair. "You've some stories left," he said. " I can smell them on your skin.”

“You love with a fierce courage that I do not understand, and yet I wish that I could have it too.”

“One more thing," Megan said, stopping Doug in his tracks.His shoulders slumped and he turned around. "What? You want my kidney?""I want in on the next ultimate Frisbee game," Megan said.Doug grinned. "You're playing skins."Megan grinned back. "We'll see about that.”

“Sometimes the hardest things to believe are the only things worth believing at al.”

“And power without compassion is the worst kind of evil there is.”

“It is our ability to love that makes us most like the Creator…but to love in the face of loss and pain makes us more like God than ever.”

“Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties.”