There is nothing quite as painful as a truly awkward silence..

I vowed to never, ever talk or reason like an adult..

Stupid deer," I said, embarrassed about being startled. "We need a ladder." "I think they're easier to shoot with a rifle." "I'm not talking about th….

You seem to be attracted to trouble," he said. "Yeah, she's real pretty," I replied. "Your tongue is sharper than mine ever was." I stuck out my tong….

What-ifs are for fools.

There are some things your mind has been hiding from you..

Don't predict disappointment while hope is an option.

You have food?" Winter scolded. "I thought you said you were hungry." I'm hungry for other things besides what I have," [Clover] argued..

Apparently I wasn't in the mood to listen to myself..

Cats learned how to fly that evening..

There is no dignity in a crying toothpick..

I am what I am because I have made myself so..

[Clover] secretly hitched a ride with a nice German couple and their new baby...Clover appeared to the baby, so as to be a delightful, soothing surpr….

Thrust the sword into the dark.

There is no relationship in life that comes with the promise of zero pain..

Listen,' Clover said. 'Don't worry about not being able to come back, I've lived both places, and trust me, you won't be getting the short end of the….

There would be little reason to lie down at night without the possibility of seeing things bigger and more amazing than the average day might bright ….

Terry was beside himself. Not literally. This story would be that much more painful if there were two Terrys, able to stand next to each other and si….

impossible is not a word.

What was that you gave me to eat?" Winter panicked. A Filler Crisp," Clover said, his eyes seventy percent concerned and thirty percent mischievous..

There is no moment more precious than the exact moment they are living. And that exact moment has a lot to do with how future moments play out..