You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your way in the first place.

She bought seeds and raided nurseries and mulched and composted and spent full days with her hands full of earth, coaxing life our of the dry, dull grass my father had spent years pushing a mower over.

I wondered if emotions were like menstrual cycles, if you get enough women together. Give it time, and everyone was crying.

I don't think anyone would think that an ellipsis represents doubt or anything. I think it's more, you know, hinting at the future. What lies ahead.

But sometimes you lose. Nothing you can do but admit it. -Eli

Being a star requires risk-taking shoes.

I remembered Owen telling me how music had saved him in Phoenix, that it drowned everything out, and it was the same for me now. As long as I had something to listen to, I could blur the things I didn't want to think about, if not block them out completely.