She wondered if this was true of every parent: if, prior to having children, they all used to be someone else.

Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.

Men don't traipse. We... Swagger

Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was.

If you want to love a parent you have to understand the incredible investment he or she has in you. If you are a parent, and you want to be loved, you have to deserve it.

I would rather be in minority and be right, than in the majority and wrong.

Maybe the reason I've never died in this story is that I've never had something worth dying for before.