I loved Alex so much that it was easier to let him hurt me than to watch him hurt himself.

People have to experience things that terrify them. If they don't, how will they ever come to appreciate safety?

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.

The apple . . . came before Adam and Eve in the story of creation. It had to have been there at least three years because that's how long it takes for a new tree to bear fruit.

Even the most beautiful things can be toxic.

I shouldn't have eavesdropped, but sometimes, that's the only way to find out the truth.

It was like trying to bail out an ocean of water with a teaspoon.