“He thought: that's certainly how it starts. One day a person puts his legs up on a bench, then night comes and he falls asleep. That's how it happens that one fine day a person joins the tramps and turns into one of them.”

“People change, he thought -it's truism- but how? Our life is confined to days, after all: Sunday to Monday, dusk to dawn. What great alterations can take place in someone between breakfast and lunch? Is it possible to wake up as one person and fall asleep as another?”

“Sean may have had his problems, but he was a smart kid - the day's lesson was not lost on him, I'm certain. It wasn't lost on me: It doesn't matter how good you are at flag signals if no one is watching - the distress call is only as good as the person looking out for it." ~"Turning Stones: My Days and Nights With Children at Risk”

“It all comes down to that one person you always think about before you fall asleep at night. And text "Good Morning" as soon as you wake up.”

“I think that's every unresolved person's dream, to wake up one day and know what they want to do the rest of their life.”

“He wondered how many new starts a person was entitled to, how many times one could say it was the other person's fault and truly believe it.”