But the problem with looking back when you should be walking ahead is that you usually end up walking into something that hurts.

Sometimes the picture someone else paints of us is a more accurate portrayal than a reflection. What we see in the mirror is always reversed. A portrait not only allows us to see our own faces, but how it looks to others.

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

There's nothing that says you can't change." "Not even if it changes everything else?" I shook my head. "Not even then.

I've done my best to drive you away, Sadie," he said suddenly. "But you've never left me.

There seemed to be so much to say, but no words adequate to say it.

There is so much freedom in not having to choose.