Here's what no one ever tells you about love: it hurts, having your heart broken

If you don't know there's an alternative, you can't miss it

Shooting stars are not stars at all. They re just rocks that enter the atmosphere and catch fire under friction. What we wish on when we see one is only a trail of debris.

Sometimes, mothers say and do things that seem like they don't want their kids... but when you look more closely, you realize that they're doing those kids a favor. They're just trying to give them a better life.

I realized it was like looking into the sun—you shouldn't do it, because you'd turn your face away and be blind to everything else.

You’ll tell yourself anything you have to, to pretend that you’re still the one in control.

She wondered if this was true of every parent: if, prior to having children, they all used to be someone else.