“Exactly. How can you know it makes you happy if youve never experienced it?There are different kinds of happy, she said. Some kinds dont need any proof.”

“No matter how long its been or how far youve drifted, no matter how unknowable you might be, there were at least two people in the world whose job it was to see you, to find you, to recognize you a...”

“Childhood memories were like airplane luggage; no matter how far you were traveling or how long you needed them to last, you were only ever allowed two bags”

“Suddenly, it seemed there were about a million times he was supposed to have kissed her, even without the benefit of a script, even without any sort of direction.”

“It was exactly as hed thought it would be, like the first time and the millionth time all at once, like being wide awake, like losing his balance. Only this time, it wasnt just him; this time, they...”

“It took a moment to right himself, and he pulled his shoulders back as he regained his equilibrium. He didn't want to be half asleep the first time he kissed Ellie. For that, he wanted to be wide a...”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”