A lot of the moms of autistic kids I met are so consumed with being their child's advocate that there's no room for anything else - least of all themselves. It's why so many marriages end in divorce, when a child is diagnosed on the spectrum.

Maybe if you spend your life pretending you're on a movie set, you don't ever have to admit that the walls are made out of paper and the food is plastic and the words in your mouth aren't really yours.

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.

If you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't?

I've always been able to see you," I say. "It's a rather lovely view.

You can be strapped to the most stable chair and still feel the world give way beneath you.

You know how hind-sight is 20/20? Love is when you look back and wouldn't change anything.