She loved her mother and depended on her mother, and yet every single word her mother said annoyed her.

All I could think to do was love her. That's all a person can do.

She wanted him to see all of her and also none of her. She wanted him to be dazzled by the bits and blinded by the whole. She wanted him to see her whole and not in pieces. She had hopes that were hard to satisfy.

There are moments in your life when the big pieces slide and shift. Sometimes the big changes dong happen gradually but all at once. That's how it was for us. That was the day we discovered that friends can do things for you that your parents can't.

Wish for what you want, work for what you need. -Carmen's grandmother

My household is, in a nice way, very busy.

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