You like someone who can't like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot.

We'd failed, maybe, but some mysteries aren't meant to be solved.

moms aren’t the best audience for medication humor.

I'm not embarrassed by my faith, and I'm also not embarrassed by my doubt.

When you acknowledge that there is nothing repulsive or unforgivable or shameful about yourself, it becomes easier to be that authentic person and feel like you're living a less performed life.

When did we see each other face-to-face? Not until you saw into my cracks and I saw into yours. Before that, we were just looking at ideas of each other, like looking at your window shade but never seeing inside. But once the vessel cracks, the light can get in. The light can get out.

A desert blessing, an ocean curse.