“This judge has a chip on her shoulder the size of the whole goddamned courthouse.”

“My whole life was about her, what if her whole life wasn’t all about me?”

“The English judged a person so that they'd be justified in casting her out. The Amish judged a person so that they'd be justified in welcoming her back. Where I'm from, if someone is accused of sinning, it's not so that others can place blame. It's so that the person can make amends and move on.”

“it it strange, suddenly having a memory come back out of nowhere. you think you're going crazy; you wonder where this recollection has been hiding all your life. you try to push it away, because you think you've hammered out the whole timeline of your life, but then you see that one extra moment, and suddendly you are breaking apart what you though was a solid segment, and seeing it for what it is: just a string of events, shoulder to shoulder, and a gap where there is room for one more.”

“Go fuck yourself Judge.""Motion denied." answers the judge dryly.”

“Sometimes I think my whole life has been about holding on to you.”

“Sometimes, I think my whole life has been about holding onto you.”