It had always fascinated him that she'd consumed so many words, that her head was full of stories, told a thousand different ways.

Always make your needs and expectations known,she used to say. That way no one gets hurt.

It was like the way you wanted sunshine on Saturdays, or pancakes for breakfast. They just made you feel good.

She sometimes thought she was going crazy. Her first thought when she woke up was always how to get him out of her thoughts. And she would keep watch, hoping to see him next door, while plotting ways to never have to see him again.

Children always know when their mothers are crazy - they just never admit it, not out loud, to anyone.

Love always hurts. That’s one thing I know you know. But it’s worth it. That’s what you don’t know. Yet.

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.