“Are you sorry? Do you wish you could do it all again and go off and write novels instead of being a teacher?No. You can’t trade what is for what might have been.”

“He’s at the library, I think. Safe and sound in his world of books... Maybe he’ll write one someday.”

“But they can't know how the dark space inside me is growing. I lie to them. I can't get out of the dark hole. 'Peace is here' it whispers.”

“The stems stood tall and straight, one series arranged in a single line, the other in a crudely shaped heart, the final one in the shape of the letter U. I love you.”

“I'll cover you in flowers someday, Julie-girl.”

“He doesn't teach you what to think, he teaches you how to think”

“Are you sorry? Do you wish you could do it all again and go off and write novels instead of being a teacher?No. You can’t trade what is for what might have been.”

“If it's possible to send a message from heaven, I'll get one to you.”

“For as long as the world spins and the earth is green with new wood, she will lie in this box and not in my arms.”

“Lost. The therapist made it sound as if the person could be found. As if death wasn’t final and irrevocable.”

“I hoped for a miracle, but most of all, I hoped for someone to truly understand what I was going through.I can't make you live longer, I can't stop you from hurting but I can give you one wish as someone did for me. My wish helped me find purpose, faith, and courage. Friendship reaches beyond time and the true miracle is in giving, not recieving.”