I didn't think i could possibly love another baby as much as I loved the one I'd already had," I continue. "But the strangest thing happened when I held you for the first time. It was like my heart suddenly unfolded. Like there was this secret space I didn't even know existed, and there was room for both of you." I stare at her. "Once my feelings were stretched like that, there was no going back. Without you, it just would have felt empty.

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.

I know how difficult it can be when the image you've had of something doesn't match its reality; when the friend beside you turns into a monster.

Just so you know, when they say "Once upon a time” . . . they’re lying

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.

In half hour my mother has managed to give me what my father couldn't: my past.

There was a fine line between love and hate you heard that cliche all the time. But no one told you that the moment you crossed it would be the one you least expected. You'd fall in love and crack open a secret door to let your soul mate in. You just never expected such closeness one day to feel like an intrusion.