Eventually, I told myself not to expect anything from him, and as a result it has gotten easier for me to take what comes.

“When you have been burned by fire once, you don't leap into the flames again.”

“The gun slipped on Emily's temple, and he suddenly knew that if she killed hers…”

“I watch her do the simplest things: brushing her hair into a ponytail, feeding …”

“Since I was five, I've known that I was adopted, which is a politically correct…”