“Writing is always a solitary experience, but living, if you're lucky, is not.”

“Now he would always be part of her. She just didn't know it yet.”

“I had to work out that he was always going to break my heart as long as I was willing to let him in.”

“I think things ultimately work out the way they're supposed to, even if it's not always the most comfortable, cushy way.”

“I wanted to tell him I loved him, that I'd always loved him, & that life-& I- had never been the same without him there.”

“I was here, & now, but I was also swimming in the past, living these same motions we'd made so many times before.”

“She would forever remember how warm & secure he made her feel. How could she ever live without that?”