He knew he couldn't tell stories, that he always included extraneous details & tangents that interested only him.

Grief doesn't change you. It reveals you.

That feeling of finishedness does not come all at once, and it is not easily won, but I think once you get there it is hard to go back.

She's just playing a trick on us. This is just an Alaska Young Prank Extraordinaire. It's Alaska being Alaska, funny and playful and not knowing when or how to put on the brakes.

As far as I can tell, there are two basic (kissing) rules: 1. Don't bite anything without permission. 2. The human tongue is like wasabi: it's very powerful, and should be used sparingly.

It's almost as if the way you imagine my dead self says more about you than it says about either the person I was or the whatever I am now.

Love is always a miracle, everywhere,every time. But for us, it's a little different. I don't want to say it's more miraculous,...It is though.