“No matter how old you are, theres no cozier feeling than to have your mom take care of you.”

“Its actually quite the contrary. Its time to freak the fuck out, and thats not just acceptable, its obligatory. The rug has just been pulled out from beneath your feet, and everything you thought y...”

“Sure, occasionally a certain sappy song or romantic movie would come on, and youd wonder what he or she was up to, but there was no way to know. Of course, you could always pick up the phone (and m...”

“I had stopped doing anything for myself. I no longer felt like an individual because for thirteen years, I was one-half of a we.”

“And finally, always remember that the other person started it.”

“The most surprising thing about breaking up is that you already know how to do it. Everything you need to know, you learned in kindergarten. Yours should always be better than his (especially when ...”

“There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sp...”

“My music teacher offered twittering madrigals and something about how, in Italy, in Italy, the oranges hang on the tree. He treated me - the humiliation of it - as a soprano.These, by contrast, are...”

“If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.”

“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.”

“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...”