“Beginnings are easy, but after that, happiness takes some work.”

“We had been younger. Yup, you can grow a lot in the blink of an eye.”

“And then Luke had appeared, like a gust that had come to teach me that in life, there was nothing more precious than life itself.”

“Somewhere in between, I had fallen for that boy.”

“At least, when theres fear, theres some human part left in you. Once thats gone, though, there is nothing.”

“I forced my eyes open and saw the image thats haunted me every day for the past years of my life. And every day, in my nightmares.”

“I built an idea in my head of the hero I wanted to be, a grab bag of traits from heroes, villains, and side characters. I did not have book role models, I had book blueprints.But there remained a h...”

“I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments.”

“Ethan: "You think I'm a hero?"Beth: "Yes."Ethan: "But lousy husband material?" Like that really mattered to him.Beth: "Don't sweat it. So was Superman.”

“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...”