Best Friends. And I thought of what she had done all the millions of times I cried to her, collapsing at even the slightest wounding of my heart or pride. So I reached over and pulled her to me, wrapping my arms around her, and held my best friend close, returning so many favors all at once.

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

She took the sun when it came and the rain the same way.

Yeah. I mean, acknowledging is easy. Something happened or it didn't. But understanding... that's where things get sticky.

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.

You own a Tic Tac. Gum is just borrowed. - Esther

It takes so little to change everything. If you really thought about it, it would scare you to death.