You give her all your french fries, even when she won't give you back onion rings,' Sophie says. 'And when you say her name it sounds different.' How?' Sophie thinks. 'Like it's covered with blankets.

Tutoring a four year old to get into an exclusive preschool made as much sense as hiring a swim coach for a guppy.

Listen,” she said. “I may not be what you want right now, but I’m all you’ve got.

I know what it's like to start something and have it suddenly grow out of control. And you want to get rid of it, because it's hurting you and everyone else around you, but every time you try to do that, it consumes you again.

Logical thinking keeps you from wasting time worrying, or hoping. It prevents disappointment. Imagination, on the other hand, only gets you hyped up over things that will never realistically happen.

When you’re hurting deeply, you go inward.

When you care more if someone else lives than you do about yourself- is that what [love is]?