“Every universe Ive created lately, your face keeps popping up in it. And I thought that if you cant be cool with that, then I wouldnt hate you, but I might need some time for myself until weve had ...”

“Id give in to the grief but make sure I wasnt loud enough to draw attention from those who think words will make me feel better.”

“Then theres the kind of zombie Ive become now: the one who has lost everythinghis brain, his heart, his light, his direction. He wanders the world, bumping into this, tripping over that, but keeps ...”

“But hey, if theres one bright side to your dying, its that you arent around to tell me things I dont like hearing. Im sorry. That was a dickhead thing to say. I need a condom for my mouth.”

“Puzzles are sort of like life because you can mess up and rebuild later, and you're likely smarter the next time around.”

“Theres got to be some scientific study somewhere that proves your boyfriends sweater will keep you warmer and cure you of any illnesses a lot faster, than some Pottery Barn blanket.”

“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?”

“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.”

“Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.”

“So its true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.”

“Though there had yet to be a victor in this great war that had begun almost three years ago, Maurice had written to her that they had, all of them, on all sides, lost their freedom. Freedom to thin...”

“Then I thought, boy, isn't that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you feel sad.”

“I'm living under water. Everything seems slow and far away. I know there's a world up there, a sunlit quick world where time runs like dry sand through an hourglass, but down here, where I am, air ...”