Devotion, as it relates to the title of my memoir, means fidelity - as in fidelity to a person or a practice. I think it's certainly possible to feel devotion without having faith, at least in the religious sense of the word.

What was going on inside of me became louder because everything around me became quieter.

We don't choose what's going to wake us up.

There is no end to the promotion. There is no end to the possibilities. You can continue to promote a book for years, literally.

We don't ruminate during a fight. Maybe in a bath, or driving a car, or as we take a walk. But not right smack in the middle of a dramatic moment.

If we grew up with nothing, we're complicated with that. That's the thing I keep hearing from people.

I was in my early thirties writing about my early twenties, so there was this way of seeing my younger self from enough of a distance to have perspective but also not to feel that I had to protect myself. My dreams for myself then would have undersold myself in a way.