You don't make a friend," Jacob said with a scowl. "It's not like they come with directions like you'd find on a box of macaroni and cheese.

Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.

But there’s a part of me that wonders what it would be like to be the most important person to someone else, to always feel like you were missing a piece of yourself when he wasn’t near you.

Life can change in an instant; don't be so worried about the future that you forget to celebrate what you have right now.

Every life has a soundtrack.

But there's an enormous difference between an audience that's watching you because they can't wait to see what comes next and an audience that's watching you because they're waiting for you to fail.

...when they look at me, I so badly want to be who they see.