“If it weren't my life, I wouldn't have believed it.”

“The room was filled with conversations we weren't having.”

“Each day has been chained to the previous one. But the weeks have wings. Anyone who believes that a second is faster than a decade did not live my life.”

“It was terrible. All of the things we couldn't share. The room was filled with conversations we weren't having.”

“I don't know how late it got.I probably fell asleep, but I don't remember. I cried so much that everything blurred into everything else. At some point she was carrying me to my room. Then I was in bed. She was looking over me. I don't believe in God, but I believe that things are extremely complicated, and her looking over me was as complicated as anything ever could be. But it was also incredibly simple. In my only life, she was my mom, and I was her son.”

“I was thankful," said my father, "for the make-believe.”

“and i wouldn't say no to something sweet.”