“I had nothing to fear from my father.Except his disappointment.Which was no small thing.”

“The question was whether James would love me if I was someone else.”

“What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.”

“Tombstones don´t list jobs, they list relationships-mother, wife, daughter.”

“I don't care what you say to me. I care what you share with me.”

“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone wont either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are...”

“Never knew what a friendship was, Never knew how to really love, You can't be what I need you to, & I don't know why I fuck with you”