“The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.”

“If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.”

“No matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close.”

“The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.”

“Make me into anything, but just love me.”

“I thought we were a real love relationship. I did. I was very invested in love, but it was just this long long sex thing that could end at any moment because after all, it's just about getting off....”

“After you find out all the things that can go wrong, your life becomes less about living and more about waiting.”

“To Mr. Jones, she said, imagine you're looking up at a blue sky, and imagine a tiny airplane skywriting the letter Z. Then let the wind erase the letter. Then imagine the plane writing the letter Y...”

“We've taken the world apart but we have no idea what to do with the pieces.”

“You think maybe if you just work harder and faster, you can hold off the chaos, but then one day youre changing a patio light bulb with a five-year life span and you realize how youll only be chang...”

“Youve thrown down the gauntlet. Youve brought my wrath down upon your house. Now, to prove that I exist I must kill you. As the child outlives the father, so must the character bury the author. If ...”

“Real smart begins when you quit quoting other people.”

“When the mind wants to hope it refuses to listen.”

“Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content, The quiet mind is richer than a crown...”

“It turns out that the men who ultimately, who unpretentiously value peace are willing to sacrifice their own peace of mind in order to render it. The question is, 'Who, between opposing forces, wou...”