Objection!" Metz shouts. Grounds?" the judge asks. Well...he's my witness!

So much of marriage was implicit and nonverbal. Had I gotten so complacent I'd forgotten to communicate?

You know how sometimes, your life is so perfect you’re afraid for the next moment, because it couldn’t possibly be quite as good? That’s what it felt like.

Teachers deserve respect," I explain. "Why do they get it for free, when everyone else has to earn it?

I loved Alex so much that it was easier to let him hurt me than to watch him hurt himself.

You're unwilling to go out on a limb because it just might break underneath you.

If his voice hasn't been the melody of my life, it's been the bass line, so subtle you don't notice it until it's missing.