remember that every fire will burn itself out, even without your help.

Time is an optical illusion- never quite as soild or strong as we think it is

Although you hadn't asked why, it had less to do with you not noticing than with you not wanting to hear the answer.

In reality, you don’t ever change the hurricane. You just learn how to stay out of its path.

Take it from me: love has all the lasting permanence of a rainbow- beautiful while it's there, and just as likely to have disappeared by the time you blink.

Most people in America want an easy read. I call it McFiction - books which pass right through you without you even digesting them. I don't mean a book that has two-syllable words. I mean chapters you can read in a toilet break. Happy endings. We are more of a TV culture.

I have a sister, so I know-that relationship, it's all about fairness: you want your sibling to have exactly what you have-the same amount of toys, the same number of meatballs on your spaghetti, the same share of love. But being a mother is completely different. You want your child to have more than you ever did. You want to build a fire underneath her and watch her soar. It's bigger than words.