Relief is a short-lived emotion, passive and thin. The agony of doubt disappears, leaving little memory of how it really felt. Life aligns behind the new truth.

She hadn't chosen the brave life. She'd chosen the small, fearful one.

Women always seemed to bring the size they wished they were to the fitting room, rather than the size that would actually fit.

I'm afraid of time... I mean, I'm afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people, how they really are, or to be understood myself. I'm afraid of the quick judgements or mistakes everybody makes. You can't fix them without time. I'm afraid of seeing snapshots, not movies.

There are going to be moments of deep, deep doubts, and you have to have faith that your initial idea was good and just muddle through.

Someday was the thing he had, because it was a lot harder to ruin than today.

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.