Instead of doing the best thing, we sometimes have to settle for the rightest thing.

Polar north can't get away from a magnet; the magnet finds it, no matter what.

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

...when they look at me, I so badly want to be who they see.

A girl who is thirteen-which is hard, and difficult, and beautiful, and painful, and exhilarating.

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.

I have a sister, so I know-that relationship, it's all about fairness: you want your sibling to have exactly what you have-the same amount of toys, the same number of meatballs on your spaghetti, the same share of love. But being a mother is completely different. You want your child to have more than you ever did. You want to build a fire underneath her and watch her soar. It's bigger than words.