I was actually kind of a hot mess in high school. I did a lot of things in high school I'm not proud of. I wasn't a good student and I wasn't particularly a good daughter. I wasn't very engaged.

Say what you will, but you’re never prepared for the surprise attack.

Love is so unpredictable. That's what makes it so great.

It was like discovering that some part of you wasn't yours at all. And it made me wonder what else I couldn't claim.

I used to worry I was entirely uninteresting, but the truth is I think if my life was more exciting I'd never have any time to write.

I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.

The past did affect the present and the future, in ways you could see and a million ones you couldn't. Time wasn't a thing you could divide easily; there was no defined middle or beginning or end. I could pretend to leave the past behind, but it would not leave me.