“Oh, we had a lot of sex back then in Montreal; it wasnt just me. Blame it on the cold. The roses in everyones cheeks made them seem way more appealing than they actually were. We confused the indoo...”

“On of the reasons that I wanted to study literature was because it exposed everything. Writers looked for secrets that had never been mined. Every writer has to invent their own magical language, i...”

“Adam was charming and spoke perfect French. Like many anglophones in Montral, he actually spoke French better than we did. They knew exactly which verbs to use in the same way that people knew whic...”

“You feel as if everybody has been given an instruction manual on how to be likable, but you didnt get it. And they are all sold out now. And if you are what you eat, then you must have surely spent...”

“It might seem like the easier way to get rid of a poet would be just to take him out to the backyard, have him kneel between the cans with tomato plants in them and put a bullet in his brain. But t...”

“Oh, we had a lot of sex back then in Montreal; it wasn’t just me. Blame it on the cold. The roses in everyone’s cheeks made them seem way more appealing than they actually were. We confused the ind...”

“Yes, boys are a little like shoes. Why? Well...They can be useful. But mainly...They are nice to look at. Getting the right one can be a lovely accessory to an outfit. There are times when you coul...”

“Treat your heart like a turnstile. Open it to only those who got valid tickets.”

“If you never learned to hold onto someone, how could it possibly hurt now to let them go?”

“I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.”

“Well?" Ron said finally, looking up at Harry. "How was it?"Harry considered it for a moment. "Wet," he said truthfully.Ron made a noise that might have indicated jubilation or disgust, it was hard ...”

“People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each others personalities. Who wouldnt? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another person. But thats not the clever trick. The ...”

“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...”