“Taped on the wall was a hand-drawn picture- a stick figure with a bow on the head holding a litterbag.”

“When she shines we all bask in her happiness, but when the thunderstorms come in, let me warn you, find a faraway hiding hole." Dorothy Broadbelt, lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth 1.”

“There's a thin line between genius and bottom-barrel stupidness. I hover delicately on a tightrope between the two, wondering where I'll land if I'll ever fall.”

“Mama says change is God's way of showing us a tender miracle, kinda like the chocolate inside a Tootsie Pop.”

“Kept dreaming of this spot she had on her neck, this tiny country. I wanted to visit, to paint a picture of what I found there, a wall with a road map of her skin.”

“There's one near Hoover Street Station. A picture of me, grass growing out of my heart while I'm talking to her.She looked at the wall but she didn't see us.”

“I'm sick of staring at what I want, I thought. I'd do anything to hold it in my hands.”