Clergyman's

“The truth is, I always want to kiss you.”
— Alex Rosa

“Who we are and who we need to be to survive are very different things.”
— Bellamy Blake

“The dark-haired clothes horse, who generally meant well, was a dufus, but he was family”
— Tina Folsom

“I mean, aren’t we all tormented by past relationships?”
— Alex Rosa

“I didn’t know who I was or who I wanted to be until you stumbled into my life. I refuse to let you go.”
— Alex Rosa

“Aurora!” Dad came running out.“Over here.”“We’re going to head home.” Dad leaned against a post at the bottom of the steps. “Hey, guys. What’re you talking about?”I smiled. “Just…girl stuff.”“Tampons,” Blake blurted.My jaw dropped. Dad’s eyes went wide. “Well, that’s…very…uh…” He backed a few steps. Glanced over his shoulder. “I’ll just…um…Gemma!” And he was sprinting toward the building.“Blake!” we all snapped.“Sorry, I panicked.”“Aurora,” Ayden said. “You’d better—before your mom—”“Yep.” I raced down the steps. “Dad, he was kidding!”
— A.E. Kirk

“I’m glad we can be friends.”There’s that word again. It’s like a safe word.”
— Alex Rosa

“Don’t tie your success to anything other than what’s inside you”
— Debra Anastasia

“Sendak is in search of what he calls a “yummy death”. William Blake set the standard, jumping up from his death bed at the last minute to start singing. “A happy death,” says Sendak. “It can be done.” He lifts his eyebrows to two peaks. “If you’re William Blake and totally crazy.”
— Maurice Sendak