“Do you think we can be friends? I asked.He stared up at the ceiling. Probably not, but we can pretend.”

“Hed used the amulet to read my thoughts again. I pictured smacking him in the face.”

“I noticed him right away. No, it wasnt his lean, rugged face. Or the dark waves of shiny hair that hung just a little too long on his forehead. It wasnt the slim, collarless biker jacket he wore, h...”

“but remember, nothing comes without a price. Our paths are not mapped; theyre made.”

“If you keep waiting for the right time, it may never happen. Sometimes you have to make the most of the time you have.”

“Technology doesnt change peoples basic needs or their natures.”

“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...”

“People don't like to wait for words, they want the words to wait for them.”

“Ive learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that youre with me, even when youre not by my side.”

“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”