“I just dont know where to go from here, Alex.You dont have to, we can trace our map together.”

“But Im not wearing the appropriate clothes for the occasion. Youre always more than appropriate.”

“I knew I couldnt let her go, not again, especially then that I knew she would not ever come back if she did.”

“Unfinished promises are the one thing well always have to live with.”

“And we love you but I have to ask you to help me, to help us, please.How? I asked, By pretending nothing ever happened? Act as if she and I were strangers? Stand the way your sister acts towards me...”

“Life shouldnt be measured in hours for the vagueness in which they exist, but moments; moments are memorable and we could easily say that a short life filled with a stock of extraordinary memories ...”

“The scariest thing about distance is that you dont know whether theyll miss you or forget you.”

“I imagine a line, a white line, painted on the sand and on the ocean, from me to you.”

“A week feels like a year when youre seventeen and in love. A twenty minute drive might as well be an ocean. But we were together again and the whole world was rejoicing, even the gravel crunched me...”

“The heart was made to be broken.”

“He does something to me, that boy. Every time. Its his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.”

“Was it hard?" I ask.Letting go?"Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.”

“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”

“Youll get over it Its the clichs that cause the trouble. To lose someone you love is to alter your life for ever. You dont get over it because it is the person you loved. The pain stops, there are ...”

“Its the same with people who say, Whatever doesnt kill you makes you stronger. Even people who say this must realize that the exact opposite is true. What doesnt kill you maims you, cripples you, l...”