My face seems too square and my eyes too big, like I'm perpetually surprised, but there's nothing wrong with me that I can fix.

There's no way for them to take away my sadness, but they can make sure I am not empty of all the other feelings.

I wish I could remember the moment when I was a kid and I discovered that the letters linked into words, and that the words linked to real things. What a revelation that must have been. We don't have the words for it, since we hadn't yet learned the words. It must have been astonishing, to be given the key to the kingdom and see it turn in our hands so easily.

They never played games with each other, they never had tow worry where they stood, because if either of them had a moment of wavering, the other would say I love you and would mean it and all doubts were forgiven because in this one case it was found that love conquers all.

We just want to walk. Our legs need to move to keep our minds from collapsing.

You don't know me. You know one me, just like I know one you. And you can't know every me, and I can't know every you.

Sometimes when you hit send, you can imagine the message going straight into the person's heart. But other times, like this time, it feels like the words are merely falling into a well.