Sometimes you’re loved because of your weaknesses. What you can’t do is sometimes more compelling than what you can.
I guess love is the real suspension of disbelief.
He tried to smile, but it was just a shape his mouth made.
You have to shrink yourself to fit into this little life with him.
Finally, I asked how you got a boy to like you back. She said, 'Just be yourself,' as though I had any idea who that might be.
You did the best you could," and she seemed to believe I had. I said, "I've just been going through the motions," using the expression my father had after he'd watched my first tennis lesson. "Sweetie," she said, "that's what a lot of life is.