As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.

“So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know …”

“So I was ugly. I was never fat, really, and I never wore headgear or had zits o…”

“I was so frustrated with him. "I just want to be enough for you, but I never ca…”

“I kept it for myself like a keepsake, as if sharing the memory might lead to it…”