“I’m a morning person and a night person. So I have to be a nap person, or else I’m a tired person.”

“I'm more of a dog person. But I admire cats and their ability to take so much while giving so little.”

“Beautiful doesn't begin to describe it. A flower is beautiful. But this is beautiful the way that a person is beautiful- terrifying with its jagged edges, yet seductive with its crevices that hide so many secrets.”

“Aura," he whispered, "I wish I could wipe away just one of your tears. Then I'dfeel like a person again. Like I'm something more than a bunch of light.”

“They examine me like I’m a cow at a 4-H auction. I try not to moo.”

“One of those times," he said, "I think I'd take a nap.”

“When I got tired, Logan would sing me to sleep, sometimes a painfully appropriate song like Flogging Molly’s “If I Ever Leave This World Alive” or Snow Patrol’s “Chasing Cars.” Sometimes he’d pick a lilting Irish lullaby, or even a song he’d written himself.”