Every life has a soundtrack.

The saddest day in the world will be the one when she stops pretending.

Remember when you were a little kid and you'd fall asleep in the car? And someone would carry you out and put you into bed, so that when you woke up in the morning, you knew automatically you were home again? That's what I think it's like to die.

My whole life was about her, what if her whole life wasn’t all about me?

Once upon a time there were two sisters. One of them was really, really strong, and one of them wasn't.' You looked at me. 'Your turn.' I rolled my eyes. 'The strong sister went outside into the rain and realized the reason she was strong was because she was made out of iron, but it was raining and she rusted. The end.' No, because the sister who wasn't strong went outside into the rain when it was raining, and hugged her really tight until the sun came out again.

The doctors may be mapping out the war games, but it is the nurses who make the conflict bearable.

A dutiful mother is someone who follows every step her child makes...And a good mother is someone whose child wants to follow her.