Caitlin, she'd say, her voice dark and serious. I can't hand you the toothpaste. But I CAN help you hand the toothpaste to yourself. - Sarah Dessen

It was amazing how you could get so far from where you'd planned, and yet find it was exactly were you needed to be.

Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour could make all the difference.

The past did affect the present and the future, in ways you could see and a million ones you couldn't. Time wasn't a thing you could divide easily; there was no defined middle or beginning or end. I could pretend to leave the past behind, but it would not leave me.