“...no way through it but through it," I tell myself.”

“But still, I find the need to remind myself of the temporariness of a day, to reassure myself that I got through yesterday, I'll get through today.”

“I recognized that the kiss was a door I had walked through.”

“The politeness was painful. I wanted to push through it, to return to the glow of the night of the concert, but I was unsure of how to get back there.”

“And I kissed him back so hard, like I was trying to merge our bodies through our lips.”

“I have a feeling that once you live through something like this, you become a little bit invincible.”

“You just work through it. You just hang in there.”