Her vulnerability is open, but she’s safe within it.

I am learning that a life isn't real unless someone else knows its reality. And I want my life to be real.

The truth feels different from other things. The closest you can come to describing it is that it feels like taking a perfect breath.

I wonder if it's possible to start a new relationship without hurting someone else.

If we actually thought about every decision we made, we'd be paralyzed ... You have to decide which decisions you're actually going to make, and then you have to let the rest of them go.

My mother said I should have a 'change of scenery.' The word scenery made be think of a play. And as we were driving around, it made sense that way. Because no matter how much the scenery changed, we were still on the same stage.

It was a laugh that came from the tip of his toes, gaining force and soul as it traveled through his body and out into the world in mirthful bursts. There wasn't anything fake about it; it was an amusement park of a laugh, and when it appeared, you wanted to jump on board.