when you [lose someone], it feels like the hole in your gum when a tooth falls out. You can chew, you can eat, you have plenty of other teeth, but your tongue keeps going back to that empty place, where all nerves are still a little raw

Sometimes we find ourselves walking through life blindfolded, and we try to deny that we're the ones who securely tied the knot.

He gently touched his mother's cheek, felt her sorrow slip over his fingertips.

I knew what it was like to lose someone you loved. You didn't get past something like that, you got through it.

On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to be left alone.

If words had flavors, hers would be bitter almonds and coffee grounds.

I think you're the only person who gets me. When I'm with you, the world doesn't feel like a problem I can't figure out. Please come to the dance, because you're my music.