“There are two times in a person's life when there is the possibility of pure happiness: in youth and in summer.”

“There are two times in a person's life when there is the possibility of pure happiness: in youth and in summer.”

“Age had drained the color from her eyes the way darkness drains the color from everything”

“That’s the trouble with memories: everything seems much more fantastical with a childhood lens to filter out the limitations of reality.”