The truth is, aging can be your realest opportunity to decide how best to live - and the best incentive for getting you to do just that.

This is one rule about mixing boys and girls: that a date always comes first.

Remember me in your dreams, as I will you.

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

Oh just wait. It takes a lot of time, that's all...You'll have come to a certain kind of appreciation that moves beyond all the definitions of love you've ever had. A certain richness happens only later in life. I guess its' a kind of mellowing. p 80 talking about marriage and husbands

I will come back as a little breeze. You will feel me on your face, and you will know that I am still listening. So you can still talk to me.

One thing I have always been is too short. It's adorable when you're in junior high. After that, it's a pain in the ass for the rest of your life.