I wondered if the person who really loves you is the person who knows all your stories, the person who WANTS to know all your stories.

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

A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length.

People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men.

You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book?

There is no difference in quality between a life lived forward and a life lived backwards, she thinks. She had come to love this backward life. It was, after all, the only life she had.

He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender.