The key is to never recognize these imbalances. To not let the dauntingness daunt us.

I have learned how to observe, far better than most people observe. I am not blinded by the past or motivated by the future. I focus on the present, because that is where I am destined to live.

There will always be more questions. Every answer leads to more questions. The only way to survive is to let some of them go.

But I think we both knew, even then, that what we had was something even more rare, and even more meaningful. I was going to be his friend, and was going to show him possibilities. And he, in turn, would become someone I could trust more than myself.

There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.

The older I get, the more I lose my ability to breathe.

The boy I just kissed is talking to my father. The boy I want to kiss again is waiting for my mother to serve pancakes. I must fight the urge to freak.