“Pain was simply an inevitability of living, and I had to learn how to trust him with his own, as I trusted him with mine.”

“I hated myself, and the part of me that was cowardly wished for a simple solution: an exchange of pain for forgiveness. But life didn’t work that way, and fucking up was forever.”

“The future is terrifying because it's full of stuff, not because it's empty.”

“Love doesn't just go away when it becomes inconvenient.”

“It's not what you do, it's what it means.”

“There’s risk inherent in most things that matter.”

“My self-esteem is Teflon coated, baby.”

“And now he smiled at me. All teeth. The way only people who hadnt learned self-consciousnessknew how to smile.”

“Getting caught is what I do best. It is either a natural talent (which means we can blame my family genes) or a well-hewn craft (in which case we can still blame my parents).”

“A true success is when you become a reason for a Smile on their face.”

“You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.”

“You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.”