“People arent always what you want them to be. Sometimes they disappoint you or let you down, but you have to give them a chance first. You cant just meet someone and expect them to be everything yo...”

“When you meet an extraordinary person, its like they get inside you, under your ribs, and shuffle everything inside you around until they find space for greatness to grow. But extraordinary people ...”

“Every person comes with a place. It can be a house, a park, a building. When you meet someone, you are unknowingly meeting a place, a two-for-one deal that neither party is really aware of yet. Reg...”

“This is just the way life is sometimes cruel, sometimes beautiful, all the time confusing and frightening and exhilarating and we just have to deal with it. Thatswhat freedom is.”

“In the end, there wasnt a right thing to say, only a right thing to do. So I sat further up on the bed and put my hand on Manuelles cheek and our mouths did the rest, finding each other even though...”

“I wanted to tell him then how loneliness can become a tangible thing, after a while. Its something that you carry with you on your shoulder, hold up like a friend with a twisted ankle. It sits with...”

“The scariest thing about distance is that you dont know whether theyll miss you or forget you.”

“I imagine a line, a white line, painted on the sand and on the ocean, from me to you.”

“If you listen to the wind very carefully, you'll be able to hear me whisper my love for you.”

“Promise YourselfTo be so strong that nothingcan disturb your peace of mind.To talk health, happiness, and prosperityto every person you meet.To make all your friends feelthat there is something in ...”

“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”

“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”

“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...”