“I wanted to be with Drew every minute. I wanted to drink him, sleep him, and inhabit his body. I wanted to spend the day in his pocket.”

“How could I sleep with a man I wasn't sure would attend my funeral?”

“‎"Since I could only take six books per visit from the library, I had to time it right, or I'd be stuck on Sundays rereading the five Reader's Digest Condensed Books sitting on our red laquered living room shelf.”

“Dying is easier than watching your children in pain.”

“Maybe when we recognize the trivial for what it is, we can concentrate on what we love most, what we most treasure.”

“I want him to see me as I saw him then. I want him to find me alone at the end of the day with the sun in my hair. I want his heart to buckle, too.”

“Every door is a study in leaving.”