“I don't want to know about love.''But you should, my child. You need to know about love. The things people will do for love. All truths come down to love, do they not? One way or another, they do. ...”

“People do the damndest things when theyre in love.”

“Flipping to the front, I caught Aiden's gaze and offered a sympathetic smile."Skittles?""Please."I dumped some into his open palm, then picked out the green ones. Aiden grinned at me."You know I do...”

“And it was knowing that I could still be ... still be afraid of everyhting, but not letting fear stop me from living”

“I couldn't stop staring at his mouth when he spoke. I bet he knew how to kiss. Perfect kisses too, ones that weren't wet and gross, but the kind that curled toes.I needed to stop looking at him in ...”

“You know what they say about boys next door...”

“My fore-parts, as you so ineloquently put it, have names.I pointed to my right breast. This is Danger. Then my left. And this is Will Robinson. I would appreciate it if you addressed them according...”

“After a long pause in which he took the time to blink several times, he asked, "You named your breasts?"I turned my back to him with a shrug. "I named my ovaries, too, but they don't get out as much.”

“The log officer handed me a pair of examination gloves. Pink. Everyone else wore red or black.Thanks. I glanced at her name tag. Officer Kennedy.Youre welcome. They support breast cancer awareness....”

“It's easy to talk big, but the important thing is whether or not you clean up the shit.”

“If we first purify our souls, we desire to dwell in clean surroundings.”

“Where is the culture of cleanliness?”

“here she is, all mine, trying her best to give me all she can. How could I ever hurt her? But I didnt understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can...”

“Any happiness, no matter how brief, seemed better than the long, simmering torture of waking up day after day, knowing I could never have him.”

“Everyone always wants to know how you can tell when it's true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn't fade and the scars don't heal, and it's too damned late.”