“bunny was a good soul and a strong believer but she would have been that way whether she went to church or not, wouldn't she. church doesn't make you a better person. ”

“what's normal, she said. adults are all just weird in different ways. ”

“I watched her walk away, first thinking: good riddance – who needs this abuse? And then after a minute thinking: she never really understood me anyway. Which rapidly changed to: I never understood her at all. And before long I was watching her small back disappear and thinking: there goes the only person who ever gave a damn about me.”

“i want to look at all my tears, she said. which made me shiver”

“i believe in anything it would be nature - trees, clouds, rain - the life cycles that begin and end, season after season. that makes sense to me - nature as God. ”

“...and she said we all had to find God inside ourselves, in the things we loved most. ”

“When people say they love you, you just have to decide to believe them, because you'll never know for sure.”