It is kind of hard to hold a lot in. But for me… it’s sometimes even harder to let it out.

Maybe I'd just figured out there were some things you were better off not knowing

I waited. Because with Eli, he was never trying to get you to finish for him. He always knew where he was going, even if it took a little while to get there.

Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?

Love can make up for a lot.

I've always written in first person. It gives the readers more insight.

Well, it's true that I have been hurt in my life. Quite a bit. But it's also true that I have loved, and been loved. And that carries a weight of its own. A greater weight, in my opinion. It's like that pie chart we talked about earlier. In the end, I'll look back on my life and see that the greatest piece of it was love. The problems, the divorces, the sadness... those will be there too, but just smaller slivers, tiny pieces.