Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

Even the jerks earn some of our affection. We can be glad they're gone and yet still mourn the good parts.

But the hoping, that's what really hurts.

I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.

Your head will be fine,” said Miri. “It’s your neck you should worry about.

Ani told them all...telling more than needed telling, the stories clarifying and unifying themselves in her mind as she let them spill out of her mouth.

What she had long believed was not true, and now the world was wide open to discover what was. It is like all my life I thought the sky was green.