But mostly I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet. I still loved him. It felt like anything else permanent that has gone missing; a lost tooth, a severed leg. You might know better, but that doesn’t keep your tongue from poling at the hole in your gum, or your phantom limb from aching.

I think her flaws make me love her even more. She's not perfect, but she's perfect to me

There are some things, I think, you're btter off not remembering.

When you’re hurting deeply, you go inward.

I think once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer.

The best relationships were the ones where both sides went out of their way to make sure the other wasn't disappointed.

Nowadays, I dont have expectations, and this way she beats them all.