I remember watching it all and getting the tickling in my chest and thinking to myself: This is what happiness feels like.

She didn’t care that people called her a bitch. ‘It’s just another word for feminist,’ she told me with pride.

Neither sleet nor rain nor a half inch of snow will compel me to dress like a lumberjack.

She stops now. Leans over me so that the wisps of her hair tickle my face. She kisses me on the forehead. ‘You still have a family,’ she whispers.

C’mon, Mee,’ Henry said. ‘You’re among family.’ ‘Totally,’ Kim said.

Sometimes I did feel like I came from a different tribe. I was not like my outgoing, ironic dad or my tough-chick mom. And as if to seal the deal, instead of learning to play...

Adam’s lips are set in a grime line. I can’t tell if he’s about to cry or about to punch the guard. For his sake, I hope it’s the former. For you own, I hope...

We are like Humpty Dumpty and all these king’s horses and all these king’s men cannot put us back together again

Dying is easy. Living is hard

The you you are now is the same you I was in love with yesterday and the same you i’ll be in love with tomorrow.

Pero yo sabía que con Adam sí había motivos para armar revuelo. Lo sabía por el calor que recorrió mi cuerpo aquella noche, cuando me dejó en casa después del concierto y me besó una...

Love, it never dies. It never goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang on to it. Love can make you immortal

For my first recital ever, they gave me a cello. And for this one, they gave me you.

Please Mia,” he implores. “Don’t make me write a song.

We stand there for a moment, staring at each other, savoring it. And then all at once, we slam together. Mia’s legs are off the ground, wrapped around my waist, her hands dipping in my...