Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course.
the words people do not speak are louder than the ones they do.
Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away.
What she mostly wanted, he learned, was the same thing many people want--someone to notice she was there.
When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.
When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.