Sometimes it is a relief to be invisible

But there were times when you felt miserable and you wanted to feel better, and other times when you felt miserable and you figured you would just keep on feeling miserable.

When I turned fifteen, I remember my father gave me a credit card which I was allowed to use for two things: emergencies and books.

How could you cleanse yourself if you couldn’t forget?

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

What Daniel taketh away, Daniel giveth.

Grief was like a newborn, and the first three months were hard as hell, but by six months you'd recognized defeat, shifted your life around, and made room for it.