Maybe Sophie was upset but not mad. Sometimes, Ava couldn’t tell the difference. She just assumed that whenever anybody wasn’t happy, it was her fault.

Any fool can know. The point is to understand. – Einstein.

But you’re an artist. you should know there’s more to a story than the part happening right now.

I’m not sure, but I’m guessing that once you’re the kind of person who thinks about all this stuff, you don’t go back to being the kind of person who doesn’t. And that’s okay. It’s harder, but I think I’d rather be the kind of person who does.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

It's a gray morning. A roll-over-and-snuggle-deeper-in-the-covers morning.

A gust of wind rattles the window, and I look out. Leaves are whooshing all over the place, flying past horizontally as if they have engines of their own.

[I]n spite of her work as a reference librarian, she discovered that life isn't about knowing all the answers. The best we can do is make peace with our questions, learn who we are, know our strengths, and do the best we can with the gifts we've been given while we're here.

You have to let go before you can reach.

I love early snow now, though. Especially snow that happens when you least expect it and just sprinkles down for a while. It feels like a secret.