“And I know what I told my father was true: let us taste the world, and well do whatever it takes to shape it into our home.”

“What else can you tell me? Dad stares at me. What have you learned while you were awake?I learned that life is so, so fragile. I learned that you can know someone for just days and never forget the...”

“Im here and hes not. That Im alive and hes”

“Ive heard that when youre in a life-or-death situation, like a car accident or a gunfight, all your senses shoot up to almost superhuman level, everything slows down, and youre hyper-aware of whats...”

“The dark sky.A hundred million stars.More stars than Ive ever seen before. My eyes let me see farther, but they dont show me the one thing I want to see. I would trade all the stars in the universe...”

“I would use the same word to describe both my joy and the rain: torrential. Thisthisthis is all I ever wanted from the world: wide-open spaces and cooling rain and the chance to run.”

“And I know what I told my father was true: let us taste the world, and well do whatever it takes to shape it into our home.”

“Dont you understand? You are Elder. When you take my role as Eldest, you must dedicate your whole life to this one idea: you are the caretaker of every single person on the ship. They are your resp...”

“The President called it the Epitome of the American dream. Daddy called it the unholy alliance of business and government. But all it really was, was America giving up. Bailing out in order to join...”

“What else can you tell me? Dad stares at me. What have you learned while you were awake?I learned that life is so, so fragile. I learned that you can know someone for just days and never forget the...”

“What else can you tell me?” Dad stares at me. “What have you learned while you were awake?”I learned that life is so, so fragile. I learned that you can know someone for just days and never forget ...”

“Just because I'm not forever by your side doesn't mean that's not precisely where I want to be.”

“A marriage takes work. You have to constantly put energy into it to keep it from falling apart. Going nowhere takes energy. Stability isn't what you get when you do nothing. It's what you can hope ...”

“Here's another poem,like all others before and after,dedicated to you.There isn't anything left to be saidbut I will spend my lifetrying to put you into words.You who is every goodness,every optimi...”