The truth and its opposite are flip sides of the same coin.

Please Mia," he implores. "Don't make me write a song.

And yes, it was a high school romance, but it was still the kind of romance where I thought we were trying to find a way to make it forever.

Can you move on from something when you're not sure what it is you're moving on from?

Losing me will hurt; it will be the kind of pain that won't feel real at first, and when it does, it will take her breath away.

Is that what death would feel like? The nicest, warmest, heaviest never-ending nap? If that’s what it’s like, I wouldn’t mind.

Saba used to say there was a difference between bravery and courage. Bravery was doing something dangerous without thinking. Courage was walking into danger, knowing full well the risks.