No matter how far back you cut a willow tree, it will never really die.

A lot of friendship is about practice, that’s something I’ve learned as I’ve gotten older. It’s not simply some spiritual soul-bond of memories and longings, it’s really about having coffee every week, or talking on the phone every day or every other day - whatever suits you.

She had to have faith not just in trying but in failing. Was she strong enough to fail Was she strong enough not to

Tibby was shaking her head. "What?" Bailey asked. "Nothing. Just that you suprise me every day," Tibby said. Bailey smiled at her. "I like that you let yourself be suprised.

I allowed myself to suffer how jarringly destructive the present feels and how fragile the past.

Love who you love while you have them. That's all you can do. Let them go when you must. If you know how to love, you'll never run out.

The happiness at getting what you want is not usually commensurate with the worry leading up to it.