"But all his favorite past times and nicknames could never compare to how much he liked to dream. And all my pent up thoughts, my aggressions, my discontent -- none of it compared to how much I liked to listen."  

"When I was little, my mom always told me that fate was funny in hindsight -- that while we can go through gruelling instances of pain, rejection, hurt, and unlucky coincidence, when we look back on our lives, those things aren’t so bad, and we teach ourselves to laugh at them. I didn’t believe her until my