“I wear a necklace of hope with pearly beads. When I met you, it broke, and the beads spilled all over the floor, into the gutters.”

“I'll use the blood from my spilling heart to write the words that were never able to slip out of my mouth, so you can see how much you've broken me into a perpetual state of melancholy.”

“I have always wanted to give you the world, so I started giving you pieces of the oceans that kept us apart.”

“I'll put you in a jar on my shelf for a cold, rainy day when I need you the most.”

“These days, I'm finding it harder and harder to breathe. My chest pounds with every heart beat like you're here, again, standing in front of me, your two hands around my neck.”

“Underwater madness slipping into a haze, drowning and choking in repugnant nostalgic thoughts.”

“When in a relationship, a real man doesn't make his woman jealous of others, he makes others jealous of his woman.”

“We kiss all the time." I clear my throat, then add, "We just...do it in private." "A smug expression crosses his face. "I don't buy it for a second, 'cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like...”

“But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles”

“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.”

“They call her love, love, love, love, love. She is love, and she is all I need.”

“Being called love or my love by someone doesnt necessarily mean that you are loved or even liked by them.”

“Wife: a former girlfriend”