“Her face crumpled and he felt her pain as if it were his own. He wanted to take it back, but just like that memory, it was always going to be there. She worked to get control over her features, the...”

“Her face crumpled and he felt her pain as if it was his own. He wanted to take it back, but just like that memory, it was always going to be there. She worked to get control over her features, then...”

“Lucy gripped her chilled glass of orange and raspberry juice. When Rebecca talked about Austen, shed mostly mentioned Mr. Darcy or Mr. Knightley. She hadnt really thought of the doe-eyed, pale-skin...”

“Lucy rubbed her back, a feeling of panic tightening her chest. She was the last person to give love advice. She hadnt done anything but pine for Jem since hed gone, and done nothing but pine for hi...”

“Maybe I should have got some chili-slaw dogs from Shortys. Everybody loves those. Buddy, Lars said, dropping his shoes to the deck with a thump, sit yourself down and stop fussing. Youre reminding ...”

“I have a bad feeling about this, she said. Well fake it. And if push comes to shove, we can just sing Goober Peas and waltz around. Rebecca might not find that very funny. Rebecca is a Northerner....”

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of wi...”

“My dear,Find what you love and let it kill you.Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness.Let it kill you and let it devour your remains....”

“If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled?”

“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...”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”