“Almost.It’s a big word for me.I feel it everywhere.Almost home.Almost happy.Almost changed.Almost, but not quite.Not yet.Soon, maybe.I’m hoping hard for that.”

“We read to learn and to grow, to laugh, to be motivated, and to understand things we've never been exposed to. We read for strength to help us when we feel broken, discouraged or afraid. We read to find hope. We read because we're not just made up of skin and bones, and a deep need for chocolate, but we're also made up of words, words which describe our thoughts and what's hidden in our hearts.”

“Staring down hard truth takes guts.”

“when hope gets released in a place, all kinds of things are possible”

“I looked at her from the corner of my eye. Some people are hard to imagine as children.”

“Some things go too deep for words.”

“it's a complete rush to get what you've been hoping for - to get it so full and complete that it fills your senses. ”