“I have too much doubt. Its the bastard child of fear. I hate fear. So doubt sidles up next to determination in my heart. It doesnt outweigh it. They coexist.”

“I dont want to be my limitations. I dont want to be my pain. I dont want to be my embarrassment.”

“the person youve always wanted to be. Some days your heart will be in it, and some days youll fake it, but eventually it will become a habit and without thinking about it, you will be changed anew....”

“Sometimes Im irrational, I know I am, but even irrational thought feels very, very real when youre in the middle of shit.”

“Genetics doesnt ensure love, or even like, time and effort do. You dont give them your time, and you dont show them effort”

“Because thats what parents do, without even thinking about it, thats what parents do. They fill their children with love and understanding and compassion and knowledge so that when theyre adults no...”

“It is better to hug than shake hands.”

“You've got some power," Jakkin said. "One hugand the lights go out!”

“Human beings connect with a holy hug.”

“The words I Love You kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.”

“It wasn't a thing I had consciously missed, but having it now reminded me of the joy of it; that drowsy intimacy in which a man's body is accessible to you as your own, the strange shapes and textu...”

“his yellow eyes gazed at me possessively -- I wondered if he realized that the way he looked at me was far more intimate than copping a feel could ever be.”

“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...”