Heidi Cullinan

“We all have pain, Wes. It isn't life sithout it. What matters in life isn't that we escape pain. What matters is that we overcome it.”

“Why do you stay with me?" he whispered. He wished he hadn't said it once the words were out of of his mouth, wished he could pull them back, but Laurie didn't seem fazed at all. In fact, he just smiled a crooked smile and kissed him again. "Because I don't want to dance by myself," he whispered.”

“We all have pain, Wes. It isn't life without it. What matters in life isn't that we escape pain. What matters is that we overcome it.”

“Every book is a revolution. Books are our ticket out of boredom, despair, loneliness—but also ignorance.”

“He wanted to be loved and cherished, yes. But he also wanted to be fucked.”

“It was a full Spears album, apparently, and each song was as ridiculous as the one before. They were catchy, yes, but so was the plague.”

“Walter Lucas, you’re going to marry me. And you’re getting epically laid as soon as we get home.”

“It's your eyes, I think. They promise something kind. Heaven help the world should you ever turn dark. You would send Satan himself scrambling.”

“Endings are hard, but important. You have to have an end, so you can have another beginning.”

“He gave himself to them completely, with no guilt, no shame, no reservation, and in that surrender he found a quiet, shining pearl he had never known existed - himself. He was Sam. He was Sunshine. He was Peaches.”