“But unfriendly is usually one of those things you pick up on right away. You know, like B.O. There's no hiding it if it's there.”

“You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs.”

“Family," she announced. "They're the people in your life you don't get to pick. The ones that are given to you,as opposed to those you get to choose.""You're bound to them by blood," she continued, her voice flat. "Which, you know, gives you that much more in common. Diseases, genetics, hair, and eye color. It's like they're part of your blueprint. If something's wrong with you, you can usually trace it back to them."I nodded and kept writing."But," she said, "even though you're stuck with them, at the same time, they're also stuck with you. So that's why they always get the front rows at christenings and funerals. Because they're the ones that are there, you know, from the beginning to the end. Like it or not.”

“Family,”_ _ _“They’re the people in your life you don’t getto pick. The ones that are given to you, as opposed to those you get tochoose.”

“It was just one of those things," I said, "You know, that just happen. You don't think or plan. You just do it.”

“If there's one thing I've learned in the last few months, it's that sometimes you just have to close your eyes and jump.”

“Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.”