Her grandmother used to tell her that a pink sky meant someone in the distance had just fallen in love . . . .

To this day she could make tap water boil just by kissing him.

Adolescence is like having only enough light to see the step directly in front of you.

Living down your own past was hard enough. You shouldn't have to live down someone else's.

It felt as though they were the only people in the world, two young women about to bury the symbol of their helplessness, as if that's all it would take to make them whole again.

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.

The words were strung in the air like garland. She could almost see them.