“Its not like you have anything to lose anymore.My fingers stop at my thumb ring while Siennas words echo in my head. Do I have anything to lose? I mean, after all I did, everything I fought against...”

“Its like a domino effect. After all the time of neatly putting the pieces together, one wrong move, one moment of distraction, and all of it comes falling down. The same happens to us. While ignori...”

“But, is it more important to stay true to yourself, to what you believe in, or give it up for someone you care about?Lisa gives me a warm smile and her hand finds mine on the table.There is no righ...”

“I want more from life. I want to travel, see the world, and meet different kinds of people. I dont want to stay locked in a small country, living my life halfheartedly the way society expects me to...”

“Im not sure if I managed to respond or not; maybe it was all just in my head, a dream, like all others, in which he sneaks into my head when I dont have any power to hold him at arms length.But Wil...”

“Why did you run away last time? William asks quietly, so quietly that at first, I think Im imagining it...Because you are dangerous for me, I say in the same tone so that he is the only one who can...”

“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”

“If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.”

“Fear and doubt are major stampeders.”

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”

“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”

“Fear is all in the mind”

“When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for t...”

“You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?'I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinacy to implore...”

“Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying youre friends is easy. Being friends is not.”