“And thats basically the end of this story. I know it sounds unbelievable and all. And Im not saying I can explain all the time travel parts or the magical tattoo parts. You may not even believe me....”

“I figured I only had about two seconds to live. Its amazing how many thoughts you can have in two seconds.”

“I shrieked like a little girl, which, if you think about it, makes total sense.”

“You know how they say that right before you die your life flashes before your eyes? It doesnt. That is just a notion they came up with for books and movies to make death seem romantic. Heres what r...”

“This was a true pants-pooping moment.”

“She looked mean, but I think that was her natural resting face.”

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of wi...”

“My dear,Find what you love and let it kill you.Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness.Let it kill you and let it devour your remains....”

“If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled?”

“He had a charm about him sometimes, a warmth that was irresistible, like sunshine. He planted Saffy triumphantly on the pavement, opened the taxi door, slung in his bag, gave a huge film-star wave,...”

“He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father.”

“1. I think what haunts many people in the world is to lose something they love, something they value, and someone they care for, for me it was my father, I was losing him when I met him. I felt lif...”