That's when you really lose people, you know.When the pain passes.

Less than a month ago all of August still stretched before us - long and golden and reassuring, like an endless period of delicious sleep.

I don't know whether these feelings - this thing growing inside of me - is something horrible and sick or the best thing that's ever happened to me. Either way, I can't stop it. I've lost control. And the truly sick thing is that despite everything, I'm glad.

i suppose that's the secret, if you're ever wishing for things to back the way they were. You just have to look up.

I’ve never really had a party before.” “Why did you have one now?” I say, just to keep him talking. He gives a half laugh. “I thought if I had a party, you would come.

It's the time of the night I like best, when most people are asleep and it feels like the world belongs completely to my friends and me, as though nothing exists apart from out little circle: everywhere else is darkness and quiet.

Running is a mental sport, more than anything else. You're only as good as your training, and your training is only as good as your thinking.