Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you." You said the other day life was long," I shot back. "Which is it?" It's both," she said, shrugging. "It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing." Nothing can be two opposite things at once," I said. "It's impossible." No," she replied, squeezing my hand, "what's impossible is that we actually think it could be anything OTHER than that.

You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take.

When you had to do something, you had to do it. And eventually, if you were lucky, you did it well.

You can't act like you care about someone but not let them care about you.

I looked at the sweatshirt again. "'You swim' is a philosophy?" He shrugged. "Better than 'you sink', right?

So finally, I decided that the best response — the safest — was none at all.

After everything that happened, how could I miss him? But I did, I did.