Such is life. We grow up. Planets like Tiny get new moons. Moons like me get new planets.

Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.

I mean, if Hardee's is urban, I'm not sure I want to see rural.

Everything's uglier close up," she said. "Not you," I answered.

I worked hard to meet his eyes, even though they were the kind of pretty that's hard to look at.

I hate the idea that, when it comes to books and learning, hard is often seen as the opposite of fun. It's strange to me that we should be so quick to give up on a book or a math problem when we are so willing to grapple, for centuries if necessary, with a single level of Angry Birds.

Grief does not change you. It reveals you. And herein lies the gift that cannot die. It changes the course of your life forever. If you allow yourself the chance to feel it for as long as you need to - even if it is for the rest of your life - you will be guided by it. You will become someone it would have been impossible for you to be, and in this way your loved one lives on, in you