That's what love is. It's some power greater than you and me, that draws us to one special person

She wanted him to tell her that when you love someone so hard and so fierce, it was all right to do things that you knew were wrong.

This is when I realize that Anna has already left the table, and more importantly, that nobody noticed.

But then again, maybe bad things happen because it’s the only way we can keep remembering what good is supposed to look like.

Beliefs are the roads we take to our dreams. Believe you can do something-or believe you can't-and you'll be right everytime.

There are all sorts of losses people suffer - from the small to the large. You can lose your keys, your glasses, your virginity. You can lose your head, you can lose your heart, you can lose your mind. You can relinquish your home to move into assisted living, or have a child move overseas, or see a spouse vanish into dementia. Loss is more than just death, and grief is the gray shape-shifter of emotion.

My mother walks forward. She's crying, but there's a smile on her face. For God's sake, is it any wonder I can't ever understand what you people are feeling?