How do you tell an adult that maybe everything wrong in the world stems from the fact that she's stopped believing the impossible can happen?

Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.

Eventually, I told myself not to expect anything from him, and as a result it has gotten easier for me to take what comes.

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

She suddenly remembered studying the brain in science class- how a steel rod pierced a man's skull, and he opened his mouth to speak Portuguese, a language he'd never studied. Maybe it would be like this, now, for Josie. Maybe her native tongue, from here on in, would be a string of lies.

I imagine having that sixth sense, the certainty that what I'm looking for is within reach, even if it's still hidden.

Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had.