We're connected, as women. It's like a spiderweb. If one part of that web vibrates, if there's trouble, we all know it, but most of the time we're just too scared, or selfish, or insecure to help. But if we don't help each other, who will?

I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already.

If we measured life in the things that almost happened, we wouldn't get anywhere.

He'd always been fascinated by her, drawn to her the way curious people are always drawn to things they don't understand.

Some people don't know how to fall in love, like not knowing how to swim. They panic first when they jump in. Then they figure it out.

People always say life is too short for regrets. But the truth is, it's too long.

After you finish a book, the story still goes on in your mind. You can never change the beginning. But you can always change the end.