You can do anything when it's not real. When it is real, nothing breaks your fall. Nothing gets between you and the ground.

Somewhere in all the snow, she could see her broken heart, in two pieces.

There are so many moments to remember and sometimes I think that maybe we're not really people at all. Maybe moments are what we are.... Sometimes I just survive. But sometimes I stand on the rooftop of my existence, arms stretched out, begging for more.

Yes, I'm often reminded of her, and in one of my array of pockets, I have kept her story to retell. It is one of the small legion I carry, each one extraordinary in its own right. Each one an attempt - an immense leap of an attempt - to prove to me that you, and your human existence, are worth it.

Because you don't learn anything unless you can find the patience to read. TV takes that away from you. It robs you from your mind.

I just want to write someone’s favorite book

No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment.