Maybe knowing where you belong is not equal to knowing who you are.

I know how difficult it can be when the image you've had of something doesn't match its reality; when the friend beside you turns into a monster.

By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them.

Once you call something a story, it's set in stone. It has a beginning, a middle, and an end that can't be transformed, because by definition, if you do that, it's not the same story anymore

and another claimed it was inherited through a parent who was a carrier of the defective gene. I had always assumed the latter was the case with Claire. After all, surely a child who grew out of grief would be born with a heavy heart.

That's what happens to dreams, life gets in the way.

I started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got to sit in front of a computer. Now, when I have more time, I function the same way: if it's writing time, I write.