“Probably nothing, but it was one of those thoughts like toothpaste: Once it’s out, you can’t squeeze it back in.”

“Being smart was key; being careful was critical.Being lucky didn’t hurt.”

“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”

“Trust is like a vase...once it's broken, though it can be fixed the vase will never be the same”

“But Golden's dark form in the doorway had imprinted something new and painful on the hard plates of her chest: that old devil, hope. The kind of hope that abandons you in your worst moments and is suddenly there again, weeks later, trailing you like the stubborn, slinking dog who will not take no for an answer. The kind of greedy hope that tricks you into believing that at least some of the things taken from you might be restored, that after everything, you might find your way back to something like happiness.”

“No one should ever go hungry, what with chewing ourselves out, eating crow and swallowing pride.”

“The concept of hell and endless torment is popular with those who believe they aren't headed there.”