Thoughts - even fears - were airy things, formless until you made them solid with your voice and once given that weight, they could crush you.

Thoughts - even fears - were airy things, formless until you made them solid with your voice and once given that weight, they could crush you.

but sometimes one person can hold you up in life, keep you standing, and without that hand to hold, you can find yourself free-falling no matter how strong you used to be, no matter how hard you try to remain steady.

If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.

I'm an insomniac lately. It's one of the many prizes you find in the Cracker Jack box of a crumbling [relationship].

what shall we drink to?" "How about family?" Stacy said, showing up just in time to pour a fourth shot. "To those who are here, those who are gone, and those who are lost." and she clicked glasses with mom

I might screw up, I might embarrass you, I might yell at you, but I will never, ever stop loving you. You're my first born. The first time I held you... I fell in love so hard it cracked my bones.