What happened to me by myself felt partly dreamed, partly imagined, definitely shifted and warped by my own fears and wants. But who knows? Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than in what actually happens.

Sometimes you couldn’t face the sadness of being forgotten until you felt the comfort of being remembered again.

Shy” was the sympathetic interpretation she got from older people. “Snotty” was the interpretation she got from people her own age.

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

He took her hand and they started walking toward the baggage claim. They didn't say anything to each other. They swung their held hands like little kids, like they believed anything could happen, like they might take off soaring into the air. All the things you wanted to happen could happen. Why not?

Her vision of the world under the water represented a beautiful stillness, a version of heaven. It was the lost city of Lena, her alternate universe, the life she yearned for but didn't get to have.

I love you, I'll never stop.