Sweetened ice tea is one of the things I love about the South, right up there with homemade biscuits and cheese grits.

A son is a son 'til he gets a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all her life.

Love and friendship. They are what make us who we are, and what can change us, if we let them.

Then he asks if he can kiss me. It is a question I don’t usually like. Just do it, I always think.

There is no grief like heartbreak.

Throughout the ordeal, I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad. Anger was something I could control. I could settle into an easy rhythm of blame and hate. Focus my energy on something than the ache in my heart.

You can't quantify love, and if you try, you can wind up focusing on misleading factors.