“Reece would be back. I knew it like I knew my name. There would be a time and place to deal with him. But that was the future. I needed to keep my focus on the now. Because at the end of the day right now was all I had.”

“An hour yesterday, an hour today, little-by-little, Tyler was bringing me back to life. I got a nervous fluttering in my belly wondering about our hour tomorrow. In these short spurts it felt good to focus on something other than the emptiness of missing Reece. But in the end, it all came back to him.”

“I’m frightened for you. I want to help, but you shut everyone out. Tyler seemed to break that chink in your armor. That’s why I was happy about you spending time with him.”

“Take hold of the future, grasp with both hands. Believe in yourself, stay true to your heart.”

“Safety tip. When you see smoke run, never wait for fire.”

“There’s nothing you can’t do if you want it bad enough.”

“Normally when I tell people I'm a gender studies major, they look at me like I'm studying Sanskrit or Latin. But now, NOW I had something to show my family, to possibly convince them that one day I would be employable. Look! People still like feminism! Or maybe they just really like Ryan Gosling's face. But they're getting that face with a dose of feminism! Like it or not.”