He insisted that stars were people so well loved, they were traced in constellations, to live forever

Sometimes I think the human heart is just a simple shelf. There is only so much you can pile onto it before something falls off an edge and you are left to pick up the pieces.

If he says jump, she doesn't even ask "How high?" She goes out and buys a pogo stick.

A woman isn't all that different from a bonfire. A fire's a beautiful thing, right? Something you can't take your eyes off, when it's burning. If you can keep it contained, it'll throw light and heat for you. It's only when it gets out of control that you have to go on the offensive.

I think once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer.

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child.

Sometimes when you find something you didn't really realize you were looking for, you just don't know how to react.