“So many people came into your life, and they were such a part of the everyday that it was impossible to imagine them gone until, one day, they were.”

“No, normalcy is taken for granted until it's gone.”

“I do urge you to welcome children. Even one child will make a difference in your life that you cannot fathom. I promise you, my girl.”

“Isn't it strange, Dez, that we never see certain parts of ourselves? Our backs, our lungs, our hearts. We never know what it really is to sit across from ourselves.”

“Life is full of tough choices between less-than-perfect alternatives.”

“Already, with the city behind them, New York didn't feel quite real. As if reality only existed where she existed.”

“You want, you want, you want; when you're so lucky to have, to have, to have.”