“These choices we make, they seem so small-- they're made in a split second and yet they can have a ripple effect for years.”

“Maybe that's why falling in love becomes so important. The hope of it. Because it's the last standing pillar in the temple of thrill.”

“you want to protect your children, she said. even when they're not children no longer, you still think you can, maybe, make things not hurt so bad. ”

“Live and everyone would die. Die and everyone would live. It seemed like such a simple choice. But nothing is ever as simple as it seems.”

“Love is a big and wonderful idea, but life is made up of small things. As a kid, you have nothing to do with the way the world is run; you just have to hurry to catch up with it.”

“Nothing could convince Aunt Nelly to let Vlad stay home for the duration of the school year, which just goes to prove that parents and guardians don't care if they're sending you to face bloodthirsty monsters, so long as you get a B in English.”

“So whatare your poems about? They're about...how nothing is about, they're notabout about. --Heather McHugh, 20-200 on 747”