Life has a way of disregarding even your best intentions.

The true story...is the realization that no time in your life is ever perfect, that even the best memories have cracks you might not see.

Every book teaches me something about my process, and they are all challenging in one way or another.

When he stopped walking and kissed me a few minutes later, it was like time had stopped, with the air, my heart, and the world all so still. And it was this I remembered every other time I was with Marshall.

It wasn't about being happy or unhappy. I just didn't want to be me anymore.

I don't lie." "You don't lie," I repeated. "That's what I said." "Ever." "Nope." Sure you don't, I thought.

I felt like I'd been swimming so hard, and the water growing warmer and warmer the closer I got to the top. I wasn't there yet, but now I could see the surface, rippling just beyond my fingers.