He was uncomplicated and upbeat and easy. At one point, I might have thought these traits made him a simpleton, but now I think they just translate to happiness.

Love is seldom—almost never—an even proposition. Someone always loves more.

Some of my very closest friends are my guy friends, going back to the third grade, so I believe in the integrity of the male-female friendship.

Even if we no longer have much in common, we would have always had the past, which, in some ways, is just as important as the present or future. It is where we come from, what makes us who we are.

In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief.

I think the most well-adjusted people live in the present with an eye toward the future - I'm not among those.

(mother)" She used to tell me to get my nose out of my book and go get some fresh air.