“One of the things I love about books is being able to define and condense certain portions of a character's life into chapters. It's intriguing, because you can't do this with real life. You can't ...”

“I wanted to cry because I needed you there with me so bad. I knew in that moment that I was in love with you. I was in love with the way you loved me. When you wrapped your arms around me and held ...”

“You wanted to lick my face the first time you saw me? Is that usually what you do when youre attracted to guys? I shake my head. Not your face, your dimple. And no. Youre the only guy Ive ever had ...”

“No, Sky. You didn't tell her everythingyou told you everything. Those things happened to you, not to someone else. They happened to Hope. They happened to Sky. They happened to the best friend that...”

“The things that knock you down in life are tests, forcing you to make a choice between giving in and remaining on the ground or wiping the dirt off and standing up even taller than you did before y...”

“I've lost a lot in my long life. Yes, I've seen pain and I've seen strife. But I'll never give up; I'll never let go. Because I'll always have my ray of hope.”

“Does he treat you with respect at all times? That's the first question. The second question is, if he is the exact same person twenty years from now that he is today, would you still want to marry ...”

“and that's where love finds you... in the tragedies.”

“No, Sky. You didn't tell her everythingyou told you everything. Those things happened to you, not to someone else. They happened to Hope. They happened to Sky. They happened to the best friend that...”

“It's like I'm thirteen again and he's my crush. All I'm aware of in this entire roomful of people is him. Where he is, what he's doing, who he's talking to.”

“Can't you just like a girl who likes you back?''None of them likes me back. I may as well like the one I really want.”

“She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.”

“Hope is a curious thing. You always seem to loose it when you most need it.”

“There are things that make no sense,that seem unreal,that cant be grasped or understoodor explained,that maybe dont even existAnd still, somehow, those wonderful things touch and change our lives.I...”

“Curious that it is impossible for a man to be original without attracting around him a set of unoriginal minds, as though he were a honey-pot and they the flies!”