Maybe my sister and I shared more than we thought. We were both waiting and wishing for something we couldn't completely control: I wanted to be alone, and she the total opposite. It was weird, really, to have something so contrary in common. But at least it was something.

Oh darling, don't be bitter. It's the first instinct of the weak.

Your mother won a special reward," she told me, "because everyone had a head in her pictures. We all applauded.

Why don't you ever wait a second and see what I'm planning, or thinking, before you burst in with your opinions and ideas? You never even give me a chance.

Some things don't last forever, but some things do.

It was amazing how you could get so far from where you'd planned, and yet find it was exactly were you needed to be.

I just have to be super strong when it comes to my work time. Shut the browser, ignore the email alerts, and just WRITE.