And like a favorite old movie, sometimes the sameness in a friend is what you like the most about her.

When I write, I picture the characters a certain way in my head, and they're not like any actor or actress. It's almost hard for me to let go of my ideas as to the way they look.

I think that we have to consciously be aware that every moment we're in, every different stage in our lives, we can control.

I wondered why I was so startled by the encounter when there was something that seemed utterly inevitable about the moment. Not in any grand, destined sense; just in the quiet, stubborn way that unfinished business has of imposing its will on the unwilling.

Blurring the line between friendship and attraction was a surefire to lose a friend.

i want to make it official, i want to make it forever

My name is Kirby Rose, and I'm adopted. I don't mean to make it sound like an AA confession, although sometimes that's how people take it, like it's something they should be supportive about. I just mean that they are two basic facts about me.