Dianne

“Over and over, she’d learned that what the dead most often conveyed was love and forgiveness. She could only conclude that these were the two most important things in the world—so important that people carried them into the afterlife for the sole purpose of being able to hand them back to the living.”
― Patrick Ryan, Buckeye

“Sympathy and empathy are temporary; in the end, you have to fight your battles alone.”
― S. Arista Bluebell, In Truth's Embrace: Every mystery has a tale

“Don’t talk to anyone who doesn’t seem nice. Don’t talk to any man who has his pants hiked up and his business shoved over to one side, on display.”
― Patrick Ryan, Buckeye

“You know who apologizes? People who need to, for their own sake. People who are trying to do themselves a favor.”
― Patrick Ryan, Buckeye