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

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.

The word lethologica describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

He used to believe good things happened in this kind of weather.

Wasn't that the point to being married? That you had a partner, someone you trusted, to help with important decisions.

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

People fall in love all the time. And it's not always with the right people. And it's not always reciprocated.