“Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence.”

“In this new place we've found, sometimes there aren't words, because the truth can be even more difficult than the lies.”

“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.”

“But mostly I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet. I still loved him. It felt like anything else permanent that has gone missing; a lost tooth, a severed leg. You might know better, but that doesn’t keep your tongue from poling at the hole in your gum, or your phantom limb from aching.”

“But will you miss me? More importantly - will I miss you? Does either one of us really want to hear the answer to that question?”

“When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.”

“This is when I realize that Anna has already left the table, and more importantly, that nobody noticed.”