“No Matter how you try to cover up smoke, it must come out.”

“If only it were so easy to pick up the broken pieces of life, glue them back together, and cover them with paint like nothing had ever happened.”

“There were some things that needed to be said even if the person you were saying them to didn't understand; words that must be released from their trapped place where their flapping to get out could cause internal damage.”

“It is not about how it ends; it is about the journey. The full story. You have to know the full story to care about or know the ending.”

“When you know you love someone, when you know it's finally the right time, you don't just wait around for the right words, you just say the sentences even if they're all mixed up and imperfect.”

“A broken heart, too much cold beer, ocean waves and a willing man were never a good combination, no matter what the country songs said.”

“This is the thing we must guard against: that others' expectations, especially our families', do not become our own.”