I hoped we never had to realize all the opportunities we missed in this life.

My mind was in my heart, anchored like a bright kite in a safe place.

People say you should give until it hurts. I say you should give until it stops hurting. Know what I mean?

I have wanted you to see out of my eyes so many times.

It feels like some part of me that was curled down and waiting in the dark has risen, and now stands stretching and strong in the sunshine. I knew it.

He wore a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the good place, and a heart-shaped leaf lay trapped in the hollow if his throat as though it were planned, though of course it was so perfect it couldn't have been planned.

I turn off the radio, listen to the quiet. Which has its own, rich sound. Which I knew, but had forgotten. And it is good to remember.