“I wanted to know everything there was to know about him, wanted to hear every single one of his stories and learn all his memories well enough that they became my memories too, until there'd never been a time when… — 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 Image
“...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 Image
“Wait, I almost shouted, but didn't, and that would be my burden to bear.” — Katie Cotugno Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“There's no limit to the ways that we have managed to fail each other as best friends.” — Katie Cotugno Copy Share Image
“I'm so hugely tired of carrying all of this inside me, all my guilt and anger and loneliness.” — Katie Cotugno Copy Share Image
“...the feeling of standing on the edge of a canyon and screaming, waiting for an echo that refused to come.” — Katie Cotugno Copy Share Image
“...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 Image
“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 Image
“ "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 Image
