“As I let go of the rope, a familar shot of pure joy surged through me at being part of the river, of this wild place. ”

“I suppose sometimes it takes getting lost to enjoy the joy of being found”

“The way my heart raced like I was being chased through the woods even though I wasn't scared at all.”

“Being a thinker was a various thing. Sometimes you felt like a turtle, with a nice, private built-in place to shelter. Other times it was like having a bucket stuck on your head, making the world clang and echo and never stop.”

“You don't want to look back at your years with regrets. Regrets have no place in your memory jar.”

“And then you run. Because the only thing worse than her being gone is that you're still here.”

“It was as if Simon had become my nightlight; even when he wasn't with me, he was illuminating the world so that I no longer feared it.”