Do you know when you cross against traffic? You look down the street and see a car coming, but you know you can get across before it gets to you. So even though there’s a DON’T WALK sign, you cross anyway. And there’s always a split second when you turn and see that car coming, and you know that if you don’t continue moving, it will all be over. That’s how I feel a lot of the time. I know I’ll make it across. I always make it across. But the car is always there, and I always stop to watch it coming.

It's almost heartening to think that the attachment you have can define your perception as much as any other influence.

It was one of those moments when you feel the future so much that it humbles the present.

need is never a good basis for any relationship. it has to be much more than that.

You made me lose my appetite, Boomer." "My mom tells me that all the time. Your family must be just like mine!

Feeling someone else's anger is bad; being left alone is worse.

This is not something insignificant. This is real. This is happening, and this is ours.