It's always thoughts of family that drive me crazy, and it's always my friends who bring me back.Agents of Light and Darkness p.218

He tried drowning himself, but he only succeeded in taking a bath. That man was my dad, and I showed him how to tie a tie—and a noose.

Tobias loved her more than he’d loved anything—his family, his duty, even himself. There, perhaps, the Herondale blood ran true.

Too often, our concept of pastors and church leaders reinforces rather than obliterates the sad state of family life in our current context.

Families living in dysfunction seldom have healthy boundaries. Dysfunctional families have trouble knowing where they stop and others begin.

Chaos limits the free-flow of love and becomes a roadblock to what family members want most and sadly, it becomes the normal for the family.

My grandpa passed a few days ago. But I’m not sad. He was only driving 20 miles an hour, so I’m sure I’ll catch up to him.

The dysfunction was not the character of one person, it was the split of family by divorce, with the ripples felt for eternity by bloodline.

You really are like him, your father.""I can't tell whether you think that's good or bad.""What does it matter? It's simply true.

Since my love is so foggy, I could never date a woman named Misty. Or Steve, because that's my dad's name, and that'd be strange.

It doesn't matter to me. We're still cousins in our own way. Blood's just something old people talk about to make you feel bad.

Abba, you may not like it, but what I'm doing is important. If you don't agree, then I'm sorry. I can't do anything about it.

We hit and we kept on hitting; we were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful — little animals, clawing at what we needed.

Sometimes opposites attract, or so they say, but Paloma and Rocío were like arroz and mangú: they didn’t really mix well.

What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories