“Megan’s deception is another hook on which I can hang my conscience.”

“All that I was and the world that was mine are gone forever.”

“How easy it is to do wrong when there is someone else to blame.”

“It seemed the heavens themselves conspired to cover up our crime.”

“Let’s all do it,” said Mr. Watts. “Close your eyes and silently recite your name.”The sound of my name took me to a place deep inside my head. I already knew that words could take you into a new world, but I didn’t know that on the strength of one word spoken for my ears only I would find myself in a room that no one else knew about. “Another thing,” Mr. Watts said. “No one in the history of your short lives has used the same voice as you with which to say your name. This is yours. Your special gift that no one can ever take from you.”

“The first time I saw him again, it was another year, at my college graduation. And I just knew.”

“Sing me a pretty love song as I start to cryTell me you love me as you wipe the blood from my eyeTell me why the only one who can wipe away my tearsIs the only one who's the source of all my fears”