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

Every life needs a little space. It leaves room for good things to enter it.

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

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

Whenever I would get too nosy as a child, my grandmother would say, "When you learn someone else's secret, your own secrets aren't safe. Dig up one, release them all.

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

Because he knew the best way to get what he wanted was to break down what made us strongest. And our friendships were what made us strong.