Talk was like the vitamins of our friendship: Large daily doses kept it healthy.

Whenever someone makes out a guest list, the people not on it become officially uninvited, and that makes them the enemies of the invited. Guest lists are just a way of choosing sides.

Silence does for thinking what a suspension bridge does for space -- it makes connections.

Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That's the hardest thing to find.

Because after a time having a secret and nobody knowing you have a secret us no fun. And although you dont want others to know what the secret is, you want them to at least know you have one.

Never have a long conversation with anyone who says "between you and I.

I waited for her to catch up, and when I did, she slowed down, and I missed seeing the light in her hair. I never told Nadia how much I liked seeing the halo the sunlight made of her hair. Sometimes silence is a habit that hurts.