We're [parents]) always bluffing, pretending we know best, when most of the time we're just praying we won't screw up too badly.

Things don't always look as they seem.

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

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.

Some people don't know what to do with an act of kindness.

I shouldn't have eavesdropped, but sometimes, that's the only way to find out the truth.

You can run but you can't hide... but I can try. I feel air catch in my lungs and I get a cramp in my side and this pain, this wonderful physical pain that I can place, reminds me that after all I am still alive.