Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.

I'd like to say that this time I'd kill myself too..but I've never had that kind of courage.

I, um, I have this problem. I broke up with my boyfriend, you see. And I'm pretty upset about it, so I wanted to talk to my best friend. [...] The thing is, they're both you.

I always wondered why God was supposed to be a father," she whispers. Fathers always want you to measure up to something. Mothers are the ones who love you unconditionally, don't you think?

Anger, though, is too fierce a flame to last for long, and when it burned out, I was left numb and wondering.

I don't think we get a choice in who we fall for," Ian whispers. "I think we just do.

Love meant jumping off a cliff and trusting that a certain person would be there to catch you at the bottom.