It taught that there are three versions of things: the one I see in my mind, and the one that carries onto the paper, and then what it ultimately becomes.

I've done it all before, I tell myself, and I can do it again. Trust is the strongest weapon.

We writers are resilient souls.

I wanted to be rid of him," he says. He raises my chin with his thumb. "But not if it meant being rid of you. I climbed in beside you, and you put your head in my lap. You can't think I would have left you like that." "Look what it got you," I say. "Tea in bed and you here in front of me," he says. "It was a terrible decision, and I confess I'd make it again.

Times like this, when she slips her hand into mine and holds on tight, and our husband becomes just a shadow in the doorway.

You can't be afraid. You can be sad if you like. You can be angry. But it's the fear that'll freeze you in place.

We'll squeeze every second that we can from our lives, because we're young, and we have plenty of years to grow. We'll grow until we're braver. We'll grow until our bones ache and our skin wrinkles and our hair goes white, and until our hearts decide, at last, that it's time to stop.