“Michael lifted a menu from a stack on the counter and opened it. 'What's meatloaf?' I get the meat part, but a loaf of it?”

“If asked to name the worst moment of his life, Michael Fisher wouldn't have hesitated to give his answer: it was when the lights went out.”

“Because that's what heaven is...it's opening the door of a house in twilight and everyone you love is there.”

“He breathed once more, holding the air in his chest, as if it were not air but something more--a sweet taste of freedom, of all cares lifted, everything over and done.”

“...miles away from everthing and everyone I've ever known or loved. I feel as if I've entered a new era of my life. What strange places our lives carry us to...”

“That was always the hardest part, missing you.”

“As long as we remember a person, they're not really gone. Their thoughts, their feelings, their memories, they become a part of us.”