In the custom of mourning, the fabric of the night had been ripped, revealing a star at each tiny tear.
Imagine a world that seemed so much bigger than you. Imagine waking up one morning and finding a piece of yourself you didn't even know existed.
If you were drifting with a thousand other people, could you really still say you were lost?
If there’s a physical component to falling in love—the butterflies in your stomach, the roller coaster of your soul—then there’s an equal physical component to falling out of love. It feels like your...
If the past few months have taught me anything, it's that friendship is a smoke screen. The people you think are solid turn out to be mirrors and light; and then you look down and realize there are ot...
If everyone else's opinion is what matters, then do you really have one of your own?
I thought lightning wasn't supposed to strike in the same place twice....sure it does...but only if you're too dumb to move.
I think there are crossroads in our lives when we make grand, sweeping decisions without even realizing it.
I think grief is like a really ugly couch. It never goes away. You can decorate around it; you can slap a doily on top of it; you can push it to the corner of the room—but eventually, you learn to liv...
I only just found you, I can't lose you now
I once heard someone on a bus say that this guy had gotten under her skin. And it struck me as a remarkable thought - that someone would affect you so deeply they'd always be a part of you.
I never said I do not remember, my grandmother corrects. I said I prefer to forget.
I learned a lot that night. For example, that part of being the magician's assistant means coming face-to-face with illusion. That invisibility is really just knotting your body in a certain way and l...
I have a sister, so I know-that relationship, it's all about fairness: you want your sibling to have exactly what you have-the same amount of toys, the same number of meatballs on your spaghetti, the...
I had not asked to be rescued, true, but that did not mean I didn't need saving.
I feel like I've been standing underneath an open window, just as a baby gets tossed out. I grab the baby, right, because who wouldn't? But then another baby gets tossed out, so I pass the baby to som...
I don't belong to a religion. Religion's the reason the world's falling apart... That's what religion does. It points a finger. It causes wars. It breaks apart countries. It's a petri dish for stereot...
I didn’t want to invade hisprivacy; I didn’t want to fight with him; I didn’t want anyone else to ever hurt him. I just wantedhim to be a child forever. She glanced up, crying harder now. But you can’...
I didn't cry when she got on the plane. She lived with me for four years, and when she walked away, I didn't feel much of anything at all
I could think whatever I wanted to, but realized that any promises I made myself were destined to be broken.