“Everyone has the fire, but the champions know when to ignite the spark.”

“it is a serious thing // just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world.”

“We are exactly what our history made us to be.”

“You deserve someone who loves you with every single beat of his heart, someone who thinks about you constantly, someone who spends every minute of every day just wondering what you’re doing, where you are, who you’re with, and if you’re OK. You need someone who can help you reach your dreams and protect you from your fears. You need someone who will treat you with respect, love every part of you, especially your flaws. You should be with someone who could make you happy, really happy, dancing on air happy.”

“It rained the day they brought us to Thurmond. And it rained the day I walked out.”

“Only in the eyes of love you can find infinity.”

“He [Ranger] stopped in front of my parents' house, and we both looked to the door. My mother and my grandmother were standing there, watching us. "I'm not sure I feel comfortable about the way your grandma looks at me," Ranger said. [Stephanie] "She wants to see you naked." "I wish you hadn't told me that, babe." "Everyone I know wants to see you naked." "And you?" "Never crossed my mind." I held my breath when I said it, and I hoped God wouldn't stike me down dead for lying.”

“Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from.”