“The devastation of his actions, his meanness, felt like bags of rancid trash heaped around him.”

“He wished he had feelings for Andi, wanted to be interested in her...But there were 10 quick reasons why he wasn't interested. The biggest: Bailey Flanigan. He could hear her laugh from across the room. He sighed, and it felt like it came from the basement of his soul.”

“As long as he was breathing, God's greatest task for him was not yet finished. His highest purpose in life was still unfulfilled. ... God still had plans for him.”

“Because love was a light that wouldn't allow darkness to reign in his soul.”

“He called it The Bridge because that was how felt about books. They connected the past and the present, the present and the future. Books brought people together and gave them a path to worlds they would not otherwise experience.”

“Her eyes held an endless kind of love for him.”

“The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.”