“I loved ... the honest soul he kept hidden safe under all his bravado, and I loved how I was still, every day, learning him.” — Katie Cotugno Copy Share Image
“My eyes had been closed for a few minutes when he said it: "I love you," he muttered, so quiet, like a prayer whispered into my neck. "Hmm?" I was nearly asleep myself, edges blurring; I was one hundred percent… — Katie Cotugno Copy Share Image
“Kissing him feels familiar but also new, a song they haven’t played on the radio in a really long time.” — Katie Cotugno Copy Share
“...as if there's some invisible string that kept us tethered the entire time he was away and that's tightening now...” — Katie Cotugno Copy Share
“Wait, I almost shouted, but didn't, and that would be my burden to bear.” — Katie Cotugno Copy Share
“A future as lonely as the surface of the moon and still just the sight of him feels like a homecoming, like a song… — Katie Cotugno Copy Share
“I know it's only a matter of time before she gets to preschool and starts asking her teacher why today's snack is so shitty.” — Katie Cotugno Copy Share
“I just didn't know how to do this, ...the clang and chatter... . And more than that, I didn't particularly want to learn.” — Katie Cotugno Copy Share
“There's no limit to the ways that we have managed to fail each other as best friends.” — Katie Cotugno Copy Share
“I'm so hugely tired of carrying all of this inside me, all my guilt and anger and loneliness.” — Katie Cotugno Copy Share
“...the feeling of standing on the edge of a canyon and screaming, waiting for an echo that refused to come.” — Katie Cotugno Copy Share
“...I hate myself for letting him know that I still think about him, that I carry him around inside my skin.” — Katie Cotugno Copy Share
“The hideous thing is this: I want to forgive him. Even after everything, I do. A baby before my 17th birthday and a future… — Katie Cotugno Copy Share
“ "Hey, Sawyer?" "Yeah? What’s up?" " I love you, you know that?" "I-…I do know that, actually. But- Jesus, Reena.” He laughs a… — Katie Cotugno Copy Share
