Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation., and to others, like a pearl.

“I know better than most people that a criminal isn't always a thug in a black l…”

“All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's …”

“I felt a splinter of guilt wedge into my heart. Charlotte had hurt me; in retur…”

“Sometimes parents don't find what they're looking for it their child, so they p…”