“It’s a lot harder to pull your head up and ask why.”
“It is kind of hard to hold a lot in. But for me… it’s sometimes even harder to let it out.”
“It’s easy to watch someone else’s life crash and burn, harder to watch your own accident up close.”
“Having someone you can talk to is cool, but it’s been my experience that it is a lot harder to find someone you can be quiet with.”
“Why are you showing this to me?”“It’s yours.” Petey snapped his head up to find that the pirate was no longer smiling. “I mean it. It’s yours. I have no use for it. What good is a scepter in paradise?”Setting the scepter down carefully on the table, Petey eyed the pirate with suspicion. “And why would you be wantin’ to give it to me?”“Can’t you guess? I want you to give up your claim to Miss Willis.”