It feels like we’ve stepped outside of time. Even though there is no such place.

I can't pretend to know what love is. It just is.

So what else can I tell you?" I asked. "I mean, to get you to reveal Lily to me.

I see Nick's number. I debate whether to assign a name to his number. If I commit to that, then I will truly be heartbroken if he never calls me again; my heart will knot each and every time I use this phone and see his name in there. I would probably end up having to trash the phone entirely.

me: just don't ask about his forty-three ex-boyfriends, okay? or ask him about why he's carrying around an axe. mom:... me: i'm kidding about the axe part.

this might be the happy ending without the ending

Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.