Nina LaCour

"I leaned over the sink, closer to my reflection, and stare at myself hard. I don't know what I see. I don't even know what I want to see."

"People take one another for granted"

"I never realized what a big deal that was. How amazing it is to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go on in your head. You just think that things will stay the way they are. You never look up, in a moment that feels like every other moment in your life, and think, "Soon this will be over". But I understand more now. About the way life works."

"I was so blinded by her talent that I didn't recognize the tremendous pain behind her work. She gave me hundreds of images, so many chances to see that she was in trouble. I failed her."

"I imagine what would happen if everyone turned their regrets into wishes, went around shouting them."