In midair, dangling lost above the world.

Why don't you ever wait a second and see what I'm planning, or thinking, before you burst in with your opinions and ideas? You never even give me a chance.

...You can't unlearn something, even if you want to. You know what you know.

It's nice to have options even if you can't take them.

It's always very pure, that last moment before an ugly, unsettling truth hits someone. The most stark of before-and-afters.

You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can't fake, no matter how hard you try

I listened for the voice I knew so well, the one I always heard at the beginning. Good girl, Macy! You're doing great! You know the first steps are the hardest part! They were. Sometimes I felt so out of sync, it was all could do not to quit after a few strides. But I kept on, as I did now. I had to, to get to the next part, this part, where I finally caught up with Wes, my shadow aligning itself with his, an dhe turned to look at me, pushing his hair our of his eyes.