He felt like a brother of mine, but not at all like my actual brother. He seemed like someone I'd always know even if I never saw him again. - Cheryl Strayed

You let time pass. That's the cure. You survive the days. You float like a rabid ghost through the weeks. You cry and wallow and lament and scratch your way back up through the months.

And then one day you find yourself alone on a bench in the sun and you close your eyes and lean your head back and you realize you're okay.

He hadn't loved me well in the end, but he'd loved me well when it mattered.

I think men are the coolest, but you don't really need them to live. My mom said to me, 'You know, sweetheart, one day you should settle down and marry a rich man. I said, "Mom, I am a rich man."