I've lost track of where friendship ends and falling begins. (this is the foolish refrain of the hopelessly devoted.) there are times I want to kiss you midsentence. undo the not-doing with one gesture.

The more kindness and justice are challenged, the more we must embrace them. Only when you are challenged - and only when you challenge yourself - do you discover what truly matters.

If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.

Once you experience enormity, it lingers everywhere you look, and want to be every word you say.

apparel, n.: There are times I don’t mind doing the laundry, because folding your clothes reminds me of the shape of you.

lying awake beside you, these thoughts run through my head.

It's only a game if there is an absence of meaning. And we've already gone too far for that.