“He'd learned long ago: perfection isn't what families are all about.”

“He'd learned long ago: perfection isn't what families are all about.”

“Some things just can't be put back together. Some things can never be fixed. Two broken pieces can't make a lot of anything anymore. But at least he had the broken pieces.”

“He was awed at her touch and what the human heart is capable of feeling - such sadness, such shame, but such acceptance such joy, all at the same time.”

“She’d never felt more alone, even as hundreds of people walked by. No one recognized her, and she began to treasure her anonymity as a gift.”

“Somehow life had become a story problem, and William was horrible at math.”

“Home is a fairy tale, the kind where children are lost in the woods, found, cooked and eaten.”

“The library is like a candy store where everything is free.”

“Loyalty. We're still loyal to the United States of America. Why? Because we too are Americans. We don't agree, but we will show our loyalty by our obedience.”

“I am what you made me, Father.”

“The hardest choices in life aren't between what's right and what's wrong but between what's right and what's best.”