“ I'm sixteen with what I hope will be a long life ahead, but I'm willing to give it up, to give anything to let her live, to let her make it through the night. Travis Thrasher
“ Guys can't tell girls what to do. That's an unspoken rule. Learn that now and you'll be way ahead of the game. Travis Thrasher
“ Writing a novel is like taking a long cross-country journey. The hardest part is getting going, making sure you have all the items you need to take with you, double- and triple-checking that the route… Travis Thrasher
“ There are a thousand beautiful things behind that look. A marvelous sort of ache that only a few people know about. Some miraculous sort of sorrow she's managed to walk away from. Travis Thrasher
“ I think of this girl, this bright light coming from such a dark place. I know that the things she believes about God and the Bible and hope and all that are very real to her. They're not nice sayings… Travis Thrasher
“ So yeah, maybe this will be the rest of our lives. Pot roast and Diet Cokes and my parents making eyes at each other. As for those slaps and punches and hateful words, we'll just sweep those under the… Travis Thrasher
“ Suddenly, I can't move. I can't speak. I am set in stone, but it's a glorious chiseled sort of stone. Travis Thrasher
“ You can stand in the middle of a street and let the drops fall on you and feel refreshed. It's like God's little sprinkler. Travis Thrasher
“ Home should never be dark or full of shadows and secrets. It should be bright and full of open doors. It should be full of stories wanting to be told. Travis Thrasher
“ This place is just a trailer for a film, Brandon. Our lives here. Heaven is like the movie. Except there’s only one trailer before the movie. And the movie won’t ever end. Travis Thrasher
“ Sometimes you can lock the doors and close the blinds, but the monsters are still there inside your house, sleeping and breathing and just waiting to wake up and terrorize you all over again. Travis Thrasher
“ Here's a teacher who's talking about Jesus and, oh no, she quotes a bible verse, horror of horrors. The world's breaking and torched and completely messed up, but God forbid some teacher mentions Jesu… Travis Thrasher
