“Smaller World:I know he's not really gone, she said, but the world still feels smaller to me today.”

“I was waiting for the longest time, she said. I thought you forgot.It is hard to forget, I said, when there is such an empty space when you are gone.”

“I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream & an angel in black tights came to me & said, you can start any time now, & then I asked is this a sign? & the angel started laughing & I woke up. Now, I think the whole world is filled with signs, but if there's no laughter, I know they're not for me.”

“She left pieces of her life behind her everywhere she went. It's easier to feel the sunlight without them, she said.”

“I don't really like coffee, she said, but I don't really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either. ”

“She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful & life was so short.”

“The World Itself:When she held out her arms, the world itself wrapped around me & held me tight.”