Forgivenesss: It's a miracle drug. It's God's miracle drug.

I can keep picking small fights, or brave the big one. Time to screw my courage. Or go down trying.

This is myself, baby. All of my selves. I own each and every one of them. I know who I'm pretending to be and who I am." The look he gives me is withering. "Do you?

He gives me a little shrug, like, of course, why else? And at this point, I really have no right to be surprised by people's capacity for kindness and generosity, but still, I am. I'm floored every time.

We can change in one day. We can fall in love in one day. Anything can happen in one day.

Traveling isn't something you're good at. It's something you do. Like breathing.

I’ve blamed her for all of this, for leaving, for ruining me. And maybe that was the seed of it, but from that one little seed grew this tumor of a flowering plant. And I’m the one who nurtures it. I water it. I care for it.I nibble from its poison berries. I let it wrap around my neck, choking the air right out of me. I’ve done that. All by myself. All to myself.