“I'm taking it day by day." I liked saying this. It was honest, short, and seemed to satisfy people.”

“It was like how people find other people to be in love with, all random and accidental and lucky.”

“It seemed like the only way to keep breathing was to focus on the here and now, moment by moment, keeping my mind frozen cold to anything else.”

“I'm a little mad. He shouldn't have said whatever he said to make you so upset. But we should try not to judge people based on one instance.”

“Keep in touch.I suddenly realized how annoying that expression was. Like, Now it's your job to stay in contact with me. It said, I'm really just too lazy.I started to write back, to keep in touch, but decided I'd be lazy as well.”

“The only thing I knew for sure at that moment was that David would be back.If I was gone when that happened, would he leave again? For good?David, do you know that’s a chance I can’t take?”

“Sometimes my life here felt like a cage where I could never escape the pain. At other times it felt like the only firm ground on earth”