You can never be sure of anyone until you're close enough to see them clearly.

I think if you're going to show a true representation of any one life, it can't be about any one thing. I try to see more of a full picture, with the romance just a single part.

Leaving was easy. It was everything else that was so damned hard.

She fell, she hurt, she felt. She lived. And for all the tumble of her experiences, she still had hope. Maybe this next time would do the trick. Or maybe not. But unless you stepped into the game, you would never know.

It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think,' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are.

And I felt a sudden whirl in my head, knowing this leap was inevitable, that I wasn't just standing on the cliff, toes poking over, but already in mid-air.

Change is inevitable, though," he replied. "As is disappointment. Best to get used to it now.