My chest feels full of glitter and helium, the way it used to when I was little and riding my father's shoulders at twilight, when I knew that if I held up my hands and spread my fingers like a net, I could catch the coming stars.

She became whoever she needed to be to survive,but she never let anyone else define her.

Things that break - be they bones, hearts, or promises - can be put back together but will never really be whole.

There are always sides. There is always a winner and a loser. For every person who gets, there's someone who must give.

Forgiveness is spiritual. Punishment is legal," Leo says. "They're not mutually exclusive.

Isn't it amazing how, when you strip away everything, people are so much alike?

We all have things that come back to haunt us. Some of us just see them more clearly than others.