He told me that love was the only thing that really mattered in the world.

That Woman is in love with her own grief.

The casualities seemed to go on and on. Just when I thought I was done losing her, I would find yet another way to love her all over again.

In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.

What are you reading?" Owen asks. "Charlotte's Web," Liz says. "It's really sad. One of the main characters just died." "You ought to read the book from end to beginning," Owen jokes. "That way, no one dies, and it's always a happy ending.

My heart was a little bit broken, but I still had to go to school. I buttoned my dress shirt over it and my winter coat, too. I hoped it didn't show too much.

You can't avoid orphan stories, child. Every story is an orphan story. We are all orphaned sooner or later.