“If his voice hasn't been the melody of my life, it's been the bass line, so subtle you don't notice it until it's missing.”

“until you have a baby, you don't even realize how much you were missing one”

“As a child, what I was missing was so much bigger to me than what I had. My mother-mythic, imaginary-was a deity and a superhero and a comfort all at once. If only I'd had her, surely, she would have been the answer to every problem; if only I'd had her , she would have been the cure for everything that ever had gone wrong in my life.”

“She puts her hands on either side of my face, and the room falls away. I have never gotten so lost in a kiss before. And then, the space between us explodes. My heart keeps missing beats and my hands cannot bring her close enough to me. I taste her and realize I have been starving. I have loved before, but it didn't feel like this.I have kissed before, but it didn't burn me alive. Maybe it lasts a minute, and maybe it's an hour. All I know is that kiss, and how soft her skin is when it brushes against mine, and that even if I did not know it until now, I have been waiting for this person forever.”

“It's got to be a nice life, long as you don't get caught.”

“I've always been able to see you," I say. "It's a rather lovely view.”

“Sometimes I think my whole life has been about holding on to you.”