Words were different when they lived inside of you.
If you can quit for a day, you can quit for a lifetime.
If you want to be a writer, you don't want to live in a comfortable place.
I wondered if my smile was as big as hers. Maybe as big. But not as beautiful.
I wondered what that was like, to hold someone’s hand. I bet you could sometimes find all of the mysteries of the universe in someone’s hand.
Absent parents aren't abusive per se. They're neglectful. They love in a very imperfect way. There are parents like that, and they do love their daughters and sons, but they're not parents in the way that we might think of it.