...forever is hard enough without it beginning now.

But, dear God, don't listen to me. I'm an old lady in the middle of nowhere without a real toilet.

Most of our parents wanted the best for us, I knew, but we also wanted the best for them.

If you look up "charming" in the dictionary, you'll see that it not only has references to strong attraction, but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians?

Beaches, music, and car rides—they could all bring on a sudden bout of deep, dreamy thoughts.

It was one of those times you feel a sense of loss, even though you didn't have something in the first place. I guess that's what disappointment is- a sense of loss for something you never had.

I was a book lover from the beginning. I loved, love, words and images and ideas, the ways a book can make you feel things deeply or help you understand something you never even knew there were words for.