What were you like," I asked her. "we're you happy? Or were you smiling because they told you to?
They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel.
Should have. Would have. Could have. Didn't.
I let myself feel good and sorry for myself, but only for a second. Daddy always said that the most useless of all human emotions was self-pity.
Sometimes books don't find us until the right time.
Violence should not always beget more violence.