She yanked my plate away and took it to the sink. She rinsed some bones that looked like pork shoulder, which was weird since we'd had chicken tonight.

These things are difficulties, not impossibilities. -- Macon

Sports section and a sticky bun. Know what that means.

I am powerful because of who and what I am. Not because of who I am not.

I haven't left a mark on the world, but is that so bad? Considering how deeply the world has marked me?

I guess this was what it felt like to love someone and feel like you had lost them. Even when you were still holding them in your arms.

When I first met you, that's what I remember. I looked up at the sky and thought, I'm going to love this person because even the sky looks different.