“Dust the people you love.”

“Under a bruised sky, fingers of wind stroke the wheat from bleached gold to tan and back.”

“Everything will need selling, or moving, or rearranging. But there's no right place for any of it, including the most awkward piece of furniture: me. I'm too empty to sell. I'm too replaceable to stay in Wellsford, and I'm too big for Celeste's apartment.”

“Top-heavy sunflowers droop, their leaves baked golden by the August sun.”

“I’ve never seen an old person cry like this. The sadness from life is supposed to be folded inside an old person, not streaming out. - Iris from Crossing the Tracks”

“You can’t replace people you love with other people…But you can trust that you’re not going to run out of people to love.”

“Love is about allowing. Love is about letting people be free. You leave the cage door open and if you're really loved, the bird flies back to be with you. That's the only kind of love worth having.”