“I needed to see, needed to know, needed a whole lot more.”

“I don't need more pain in my life. Why did I invite it in? Do I have to feel pain to believe I feel anything at all?”

“Aloneeverything changes.Some might call it distorted realitybut it's exactly the place I need to be.”

“Sorry. But I don't need some money-grubbing preacher defining my relationship with God.”

“A Problem Is really just a solution in need of a reason to exist.”

“God is love," she said. "And he respects love, whether it's between a parents, and child, a man and woman, or friends. I don't think he cares about religion one little bit. Live your life right. Love with all your heart. Don't hurt others, and help those in need. That is all you need to know. And don't worry about heaven. If it exists, you'll be welcome.”

“...Things happenedwhen you were little. Things youdon't remember now, and don't wantto. But they need to escape,need to worm their way outof that dark place in your brainwhere you keep them stashed.”