Indelible, adj. That first night, you took your finger and pointed to the top of my head, then traced a line between my eyes, down my nose, over my lips, my chin, my neck, to the center of my chest. It was so surprising. I knew I would never mimic it. That one gesture would be yours forever.

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

I don’t like it when you use my shampoo, because then your hair smells like me, not you.

One of my best friends is named David Leventhal, and it has always been a constant source of amusement to see how the similarity and differences play out in our lives.

It's you. You deserve this. There is a reason this is happening to you.

If goodness can't come from bad things, it makes bad things unbearable.

We'd said we'd keep in touch. But touch is not something you can keep; as soon as it's gone, it's gone. We should have said we'd keep in words, because they are all we can string between us--words on a telephone line, words appearing on a screen.