“Strange how knowing our story had no happy ending had freed us to live in the moment. We werent guy and girl. We werent damaged and terminal. We were just now.”

“Thanks for driving me home, Mason. And for dinner. Andeverything.Youre welcome. His hand cupped my shoulder, his face in the shadows. Was this a date?No.His smile was a slash of white in the darkne...”

“I need to do something about college, but Im not sure what.Where have you decided to apply?Nowhere yet. Any time I think about the schools Ive visited, I feel overwhelmed. The campuses are so big t...”

“May I kiss you?Finally. Yes.He smiled as he threaded his fingers through my hair. Carefully, he leaned forward and kissed my forehead.His mouth was warm and gentle against my skin, but it wasnt eno...”

“Have you ever experienced human love?Yes. Once.Regret shadowed his face. Then why would you be willing to repeat it?What we learn is worth more than what we lose.”

“I need to do something about college, but I’m not sure what.”“Where have you decided to apply?”“Nowhere yet. Any time I think about the schools I’ve visited, I feel overwhelmed. The campuses are so...”

“It's like I'm thirteen again and he's my crush. All I'm aware of in this entire roomful of people is him. Where he is, what he's doing, who he's talking to.”

“Can't you just like a girl who likes you back?''None of them likes me back. I may as well like the one I really want.”

“She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.”

“Poverty does not always prevent a rich person from dating someone who is poor, unless the man is the one who is poor.”

“Old-fashioned dating still exists. Youre either dating the wrong people or you are the problem.”

“Im not looking for anything, but who knows. Lightning is weird.”

“One day you will kiss a man you can't breathe without, and find that breath is of little consequence.”

“The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?”

“Stephen kissed me in the spring,Robin in the fall,But Colin only looked at meAnd never kissed at all.Stephens kiss was lost in jest,Robins lost in play,But the kiss in Colins eyesHaunts me night an...”