“I know it was more than that. But it was also less than that, too.”

“Why is it so much easier to talk to a stranger? why do we feel we need to disconnect in order to connect? If I wrote "Dear Sofia" or "Dear Boomer" or "Dear Lily's Great-Aunt" at the top of this postcard, wouldn't that change the words that followed? Of course it would. But the question is: When I wrote "Dear Lily," was that just a version of "Dear Myself"? I know it was more than that. But it was also less than that, too”

“Little less than a promise, and a little more than a chance.”

“I have no more idea now of who I am than I did before. But at least I know that. And I'm starting to figure out who I want to be.”

“I immediately suspected there was much more to it than was being said.”

“You have to trust the words. They do not create anything more than themselves.”

“need is never a good basis for any relationship. it has to be much more than that.”