You carry your past with you even if you don't remember any of it.

It’s natural to overlook and even sacrifice the things that belong to us most easily most gracefully. So here’s me asking you to please not make that mistake.

I sometimes think the stronger you feel about someone, the harder it is to picture their face when you are away from them.

She thought she was independent and strong, but she got one small taste of love and she was hungrier than anyone. She was ravenous.

I did love her. I've loved her from the first time I saw her.

Tibby sat on the outside of a group of kids in the film program. There was a lot of dark clothing and heavy footwear, and quite a few piercings glinting in sunlight. They had invited her to sit with them while they all finished up their lunches before film seminar. Tibby knew that they had invited her largely because she had a ring in her nose. This bugged her almost as much as when people excluded her because she had a ring in her nose.

Alice suspected Paul couldn’t really picture his father, just like she couldn’t picture Paul when he was away. Maybe that was the case with people you wanted more than was good for you.