Then Henry speaks again. "Did he do it?" I turn to him slowly. "Does it matter?

That's the strange thing about being a mother: until you have a baby, you don't even realize how much you were missing one

Imagine a world that seemed so much bigger than you. Imagine waking up one morning and finding a piece of yourself you didn't even know existed.

If you're afraid of everyone leaving you, what do you do?" Make them stay." And if you can't do that, or don't know how to?" Ellie shrugged. "I don't know." Yes, you do. In fact, you've done it. You leave first," Coop said, "so you don't have to watch them walk away.

Being a teenager isn't all that different from being part of someone else's story. There's always someone who thinks they know better than you do

I think once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer.

Or. I hate that word. It’s two letters long and stuffed to the gills with reasonable doubt.