My sister, who never understood most of the things I wanted her to, might have been able to understand what had happened to me in this summer of weddings and beginnings. And she was right. The first boy was always the hardest.

“This isn’t ideal. Very few things are. Sometimes, you have to manufacture your …”

“But there was only one truth about forever that really mattered, and that was t…”

“As I stepped out to face myself in the mirror, reaching a hand to smooth away t…”

“[...] estaba empezando a darme cuenta de que lo desconocido no es siempre lo má…”