Sometimes I wish we could rub out all of our mistakes and start fresh, from the beginning,' I said. 'And sometimes I think there isn't anything to us but our mistakes.

I would gladly have climbed out of my skin and into his that night, because I believed that was what love meant.

My life was my life; I would have to stare it down, somehow, and make it work for me.

Dogs are easy. If their tails are up and their eyes are soft, you're in.

I hope we'll get lucky enough to grow old together.

You are everything good and straight and fine and true—and I see that so clearly now, in the way you’ve carried yourself and listened to your own heart. You’ve changed me more than you know, and will always be a part of everything I am. That’s one thing I’ve learned from this. No one you love is ever truly lost.

Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced and my heart soared with stories.