"The thinnest slice would be teeming with memories of a love so strong it turned you inside out and left you gasping, and would be an identical match to a slice stored in the heart of a soul mate."
"When you love someone you let them take care of you."
"I became a firefighter because I wanted to save people. But I should have been more specific. I should have named names."
"My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her."
"I always wondered why God was supposed to be a father,"she whispers. Fathers always want you to measure up to something. Mothers are the ones who love you unconditionally, don't you think?"
"Love was that way. You could not render it in black or white. It always came down to the strange, blended shades of grey."