“Everything that matters hurts, until it doesn't matter anymore.”

“Hope or perhaps delusion was a flame that had stayed lit, even though its scorching light would hurt. It had refused to go out.”

“I don't know what we're doing here you and me I don't know what we are or what we can be, but this doesn't have to be about that. This can just be about a chance. Taking a chance.”

“God, she butted her head into his chest, I'm so angry with myself.What? Why?Because this is my mess I dragged you into, and you don't deserve any of it, and I feel like I'm ruining you with every ...”

“She had forced herself to learn to read picked up bits and pieces, here and there, from the very few teachers who had been patient with her; from looking at words while out and about; from televis...”

“She had forced herself to learn to read – picked up bits and pieces, here and there, from the very few teachers who had been patient with her; from looking at words while out and about; from televi...”

“We cannot achieve personal enlightenment a clarification of our souls until we cease deluding ourselves. We must accept that life includes witnessing and personally experiencing pain.”

“All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.”

“Knowledge is responsibility, which is why people resist knowledge.”

“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”

“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

“What's meant to be will always find a way”

“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.”

“Maybe there isnt such a thing as fate. Maybe its just the opportunities were given, and what we do with them. Im beginning to think that maybe great, epic romances dont just happen. We have to make...”