“This is a difficult balance, telling the truth: how much to share, how much to keep, which truths will wound but not ruin, which will cut too deep to heal.”

“How can we appreciate anything fully when overwhelmed with too much?”

“Good-byes are like this. You can’t always mark them well at the moment of separation—no matter how deep they cut. (Ky Markham)”

“Maybe only parts of our stories can keep us safe. The whole can feel like too much to bear.”

“I realize now how much courage it takes to choose the life you want, whatever that might be.”

“I wish that I did not have to tell him this lie, when he knows more of my truth than anyone else in the world.”

“Which one is the true one, Idon’t ask, they don’t tell.”