“Is love a passionate embrace,where you grab but cannot taste.your lustfull urge will surely replace,that bitter sweet pleasure that only leads to disgrace,”

“Faith seems to grab people and not let go, but hope is a double-crosser. It can beat it on you anytime; it's your job to dig in your heels and hang on. Must be nice to have hope in your pocket, like loose change you could jingle through your fingers.”

“I knew that the deepest of tragedies was simple: to love, and not to be loved in return.”

“I loved him like a fever. Then he left. He kicked through love like it was dust and he kept on walking.”

“I loved all the parts of him, even the ones I didn't understand.”

“When a family breaks you don't hear the crack of the breaking. You don't hear a sound.”

“Truth, justice...I always thought they were absolutes, like God. And Mom. And apple pie.But you could make apple pie from Ritz crackers. You could make cakes without sugar. We learned how to fake things, during the war.”