The only difference between a wish and a prayer is that you're at the mercy of the universe for the first, and you've got some help with the second.

What I want, more than anything, is to turn back time a little. To become the kid I used to be, who believed whatever my mother said was one hundred percent true and right without looking hard enough to see the hairline crack.

There are some weapons you can't protect yourself against.

When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth.

i know what it's like to wake up thinking you will be able to cast the people who play the starring roles in your life, only to realize that you have to watch it from the audience.

I tell you this as a cautionary tale: beware of getting what you want. It's bound to disappoint you.

What if love wasn't the act of finding what you were missing but the give-and-take that made you both match?