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and he suddenly knew that if she killed herself, he would die. Maybe not immediately, maybe not with the same blinding rush of pain, but it would happ...more

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I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet.

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Memory is like plaster: peel it back and you just might find a completely different picture.

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How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart you had to bury?

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To find out a heart she'd believed irrevocably broken had somewhere along the way been fixed.

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That's the life, she said to me, as we watched a puppy chase its own tail. That's what I want to be next.I had laughed. you would wind up as a cat, I ...more

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If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be fi...more

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If you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't?

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What she really meant was: here is my heart, have a care.

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Every life has a sound

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If you had to pack your whole life into a suitcase--not just the practical things, like clothing, but the memories of the people you had lost and the ...more