Ellyn Bache Quotes

Courtney leans into Andrea, buries her face in Andrea's shoulder. Andrea pats her daughter's back. Courtney blubbers. Courtney sobs. Courtney wails. It is the best thing that has happened in months.

Max can't help it," Eddie says. "The teenaged brain isn't wired for empathy. It's designed to look forward." "If you heard him, why didn't you say something?" "Nothing to be gained. There are articles about it." Eddie pours himself a cup of coffee. "Think of Max as a butterfly emerging from his cocoon. At this point in its development, the butterfly is too busy to think of anything but emerging. It's an all-consuming task. It can't develop other skills until later. Max will learn sympathy later on." "I see. He'll become a caring human being once he's stopped emerging?" "Exactly." "Or else he'll turn into a serial killer by the age of twenty.

Why was I standing on the street when the window feel out of the building? Why did the bus run over me? Because it was my turn in the barrel, that's why.

What kind of religion would celebrate its High Holidays by reading about a biblical figure as heartless as Abraham - a classic case of paranoid schizophrenia, in Iona's opinion - who nearly killed his son because he heard voices in his head and was rescued from the dirty deed only by other voices?

It's normal to shy away from illness and death. It's natural to gravitate toward laughter and life.

Thanks for ... what you remember. And what you don't. It's not nothing. It's a lot.

When you're down, remember your triumphs. [ ... ] Sometimes you get in trouble and crash. Other times: just a bumpy landing.

If you believe in forever, then life is just a one-night stand.