It was like trying to bail out an ocean of water with a teaspoon.

The scariest thing in the world is thinking someone you love is going to die.

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

Hunger, she often tells me, has nothing to do with the belly and everything to do with the mind. What Mary really runs isn't a bakery, but a community.

I imagine the touch of someone who loves you so much, he cannot bear to watch you sleep; and so you wake up with his hand on your heart.

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

I didn't want to see her because it would make me feel better. I came because without her, it's hard to remember who I am.