The tenderness between two people can turn the air tender, the room tender, time itself tender. As I step out of bed and slip on an oversize shirt, everything around me feels like it's the temperature of happiness.

I find my greatest strengths in wanting ti be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave.

Life goes on. Get over it. You're still young. It'll get better. Blah, Blah, Blah

I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.

That no matter what i did, I would always be missing something else. And the only way to live, the only way to be happy, was to make sure the things I didn't miss meant more to me than the things I missed.

It’s up to you, not fate. True. But it was also up to Lily. That was the trickiest part.

I would always wait to take you home.