“I think it's hard for you to fall in love because you like control, and you can't control what another person does or feels, so you keep all your cards.”

“You know that's not true. We have something, Helena. In another life, it would have been a beautiful something."That hurts. God, does it. I've seen that life. He doesn't even know what he's talking...”

“Overbearing mothers usually give way to one of two things in their children: rebellion or passivity. In your case, the latter.”

“I was just a flat line until he came along. And maybe now I'm hurting. But isn't that what love is supposed to do? Make you feel, make you brave, make you look at yourself more carefully?”

“Le Tub is a Miami oceanside restaurant that uses old bath tubs and toilets as decoration. If you're really lucky, you get a table by the water where you can see the manatees as they swim by. Someon...”

“I put the photo in an album called Mortifying Emotional Moments, and I title it Soggy Napkin Note. The last selfie I posted in there was of me on the day I graduated college. My perfectly made up f...”

“You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes".”

“Lisa was thinking, as she climbed the apparently unending staircase, the she had taken pretty long odds. She had not hesitated to buck the Tiger, Life. Simon Iff had warned her that she was acting ...”

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”

“Promise YourselfTo be so strong that nothingcan disturb your peace of mind.To talk health, happiness, and prosperityto every person you meet.To make all your friends feelthat there is something in ...”

“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”

“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”

“Don't worry about hurting me, if that's what you're afraid of. I want to get hurt. At least Ill feel something for a change.”

“Pain becomes proud because it believes no one else understands.”

“How much pain a person detains may be proportionate to the pain they spare others when they'd rather hurt than hurt another.”