She raised one leg and gave me all her weight as a I dipped her. She either trusted me or wanted to fall.

In the darkest days, the Lord puts the best people into your life." (p. 28)

There's a place in the brain for knowing what cannot be remembered.

We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreperably broken.

We were sitting there on the couch together, and he pushed himself up to go but then fell back down onto the couch and sneaked a kiss onto my cheek. “Augustus!” I said. “Friendly,” he said. He pushed himself up again and really stood this time, then took two steps over to my mom and said, “Always a pleasure to see you,” and my mom opened her arms to hug him, whereupon Augustus leaned in and kissed my mom on the cheek. He turned back to me. “See?” he asked.

I opened the door. He looked down at my shirt and smiled. "Funny," he said. "Don't call my boobs funny," I answered.

I was thinking about this girl you love so much," she said, "And this place I love so much. And how that happens. How you can just fall into it.