If I'd known it was going to be the last time he'd ever hold me, I'd have paid better attention.

Sometimes grief is a comfort we grant ourselves because it's less terrifying than trying for joy.

And you’re not afraid of it ending?” “Sure I am. But I’d rather have something this good for a little while than have nothing forever.

It’s okay to struggle to find our place in this world and the person who will take us for who and what we are. Sometimes we dress ourselves in layers that only get peeled away in the end, to leave us as we should be.

What are you, Elle? Are you a ghost? Are you an angel or a demon? Because you can’t be real.

There are few times when we know with absolute certainty we are going to do something for the last time. Life has a way of moving in circles, bringing us back to places we didn’t expect and taking us away from those we do. There are too many times we don’t pay close enough attention, and moments are lost in our assumption we’ll have another chance.

But sometimes it's the sunshine that frightens us more than the big black shadows.